I'm a quiet person, I'm not a flashy art world person. I'm in the studio in the middle of nowhere. There's sheep and fields. The work has to be authentic in that way.

There are certain times when a painting accelerates beyond you, and you have to try and understand and catch up with it.

The moment is never perfect. It's like that right now - in my head I'm being super lucid, but you never are. You're always fumbling.

The paintings are kind of set in the past, present, and future all at once.

Using painting as a metaphor for consciousness is what I'm interested in.

I felt like I had reached the end of a period of life, where the work was jumping about and pushing something new every time. I wanted to dial it back and create a language that was stable and deep.

There are things that inform the works, but that doesn't go anywhere near what you're actually looking at.

Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding.

God take what He would, " she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn't mean a thing.

If you have a poverty of heart then you are the poorest among the poor.

My breath catches in my throat as a chill makes me shiver, leaving gooseflesh in its wake. My eyes latch on to his, pleading with him to kiss me.

Constantinople had been changing for sometime before the Young Turks got hold of it. It would continue to change long after they had gone.

God reveals herself through our relationships not only to other people but also to other creatures and nature.

That the Father and Son would love sinners that much is beyond our comprehension--but it ought to awaken a response of love and gratitude within our hearts that will change our lives forever!

Liberating oneself from the addiction of consumerism and careerism promotes inner peace.

If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.