Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.

It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately people think of beauty as luxury, beauty as frivolity, ... or extravagance. Beauty is a discipline, beauty is art, is harmony, in the ideological sense and in the theological sense, beauty is God and love made real. And the ultimate reach in this world is beauty.

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.