I tend to roll with the punches so if things don't go exactly as planned, I always perceive it as the universe making things the way they should be.

My aesthetic is derived from my point of view which is one of optimism and hope. The camera became a conduit for my need to create a more beautiful world around me.

Understanding that celebrity derives from and is a result of some form of accomplishment, it's always gratifying to work with individuals who have made some sort of contribution to society.

I'm always in awe of accomplished people but never "starstruck".

Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail.

Letting go is easy. All you do is realize how crazy it is to live in the fantasy land of your mind at the expense of missing real opportunities in reality.

Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Go back to bed America... you are free to do as we tell you... you are free to do as we tell you.

Smile ..... Expand HappinesS.

The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing. Lord! the times we've had together!

The question was a fashionable one, whether a definite line exists between psychological and physiological phenomena in human activity; and if so, where it lies?

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

Most women are introspective: "Am I in love? Am I emotionally and creatively fulfilled?" Most men are outrospective: "Did my team win? How's my car?"

If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.