I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in that way on the viewer.

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it...

Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.

I do dream about art, and images come to me in dreams. I am definitely hoping to be in touch with my subconscious. I expect a call any minute.

Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie.

Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

I work with things left over from other things.

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else.

I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful.

I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

One can overcome fear by acknowledging it and then choosing not to heed it." - L. R. W. Lee, Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon's Fury

Travel brings power and love back into your life.

The path to enlightenment is when you allow presence, love and gratitude to overlap your ego.

Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.

In fact, in Aberdeen, Washington, I am known as Mr. Small Package!

A billion dollars isnt what it used to be.

Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.

Nothing conquers except truth and the victory of truth is love.

I want people to know you can live a life that is less aggressive and still have success.

Fine. Somebody else can arrange to get the stupid goat knocked up.