I expect art to make me scream, art to reveal soul.

Don't be afraid of expressing what you really mean in your art, what you really feel. Say it visually, as strongly as you can. Push as far a reach as you can, then go all the way!

Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on the world.

Art has to be incredibly layered. Symbols, signifiers... layers that relate. Combine signifiers with more abstract notions. Push! Vary lines.

Collect stimulus, draw them. Focus, find out as much as you can. Stimulate yourself.

State what you actually see in someone's work first: objects/space/color/directional flow - then content. Interpret.

Tell the viewer something that they need to know.

Encaustic gives markmaking a dimension... additive/subtractive.

Get rid of your little darlings.

When in doubt, make a red painting.

Avoid methodology. If what you're doing is about technique, that's not art.

We’ve all got voices inside our heads and over time they blend into a mental orchestra that all sounds the same. This is where we assume every voice we hear is our own even though that is not true.

Never mistake motion for action.

The healthy man does not torture others.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

There's nothing more horrifying than the possibility or the idea that you will just fade away into obscurity.

Happiness and joy are inner qualities that can't be shaken by outer circumstances because they are inherent within the core Self.

We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.

I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it away as research.

We say that we care about the war, but we don't even really know what we're fighting for.

Dignity and love do not blend.