You're filled with so much life. Is there any reason why all of us are not full of life?

People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

Perhaps one feels more pain when parents are there. It's like when you're hungry, you know, it's worse to get a symbol of a cheeseburger than no cheeseburger at all. It doesn't do you any good, you know.

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.

I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.

It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.