I don't like sleeping in a different place every night, but I do like meeting new people.

God has given me the bread of adversity and the water of trouble.

I would sooner read five lines of the Bible than hear five masses in the "Church".

Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.

I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.

My work as a painter has always been tied to Modernism. I read everything I could find related to art, from Paul Cézanne through the 1950s.

My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.

I'm a New Yorker. I like the big streets and the big buildings. It's a great place to walk.

Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.

The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore.

It's hard to say what exactly I like about New York. It's so vast. It seems to go on and on, but that's an illusion. Still, it's fun to be here, especially since I don't drive.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Be clear about the purpose of money. Money is like health. It is necessary for survival but it is not what you live for.

It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.

I don't watch much television. Yeah, that's pretty funny. I don't know where The Daily Show stand politically, do you?

Tonight I can write the saddest lines...Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer and these the last verses that I write for her.

Truth allows no choice.

Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.

A positive attitude and personal motivation allow you to remain excited about what you are doing - no matter how difficult the challenges may be day to day.