I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

Take this treasure, Leave one of your own, And remember this truth:You are not alone.

Obedience is less painful than regret.

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

The tragedy is that everyone thinks they already have goals. But what they really have are hopes and wishes.

Usually there's no specific reason for loneliness - it's a broad feeling.

I thought there would be more time in my trailer to write during 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' but I seem to be always flying in a harness and conquering supervillains instead.

Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.

It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.

The most comforting feeling ever is knowing that someone truly likes your entire existence. I feel that way right now. Thank you.

I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.