I was eight when we came to Australia. It was five amazing weeks onboard this ship - it was the Northern Star.

Being an artist, its all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.

I guess I dont come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look like in my head, and if they dont match up, I find it frustrating.

People kept asking, Whats your market? Ive got no idea at all other than me, an eleven year old kid in a 56-year-old body. But there are a lot of us out there.

Im a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think The Waterhole is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.

Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen make me immortal with a kiss. - Her lips suck forth my soul see where it flies! -

Aleksar Greene was a boy I used to play with, he was my imaginary friend.

Into the void of silence, into the empty space of nothing, the joy of life is unfurled.

We don't have eternal life because we're good, we have it because God is good.

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it's great material, then you feel confident in it.

The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary.

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.