I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.

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.

I seemed to still be alive. Which was unexpected. I'd feel good about it when I stopped retching my insides up.

... an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

Her occupation was the worst that anyone could think of. No guest in the park had to think of it because, unlike the wandering dwarf women, her job had no bearing on paper.

I swear, the reason for full moons is so the gods can more clearly see the mischief they create.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Increasing the minimum wagewill put billions annually into the Social Security trust fund.

Today is, after all, today, but yesterday is of the same substance as tomorrow.

To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.

My films have sort of amateur elements, a naive quality, yet they have some sophisticated quality, sometimes the rhythm is kinda elegant.

I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.