Life is much larger than how we image it, always, but society can be constricting in ways.

Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative... I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.

The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.

I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world.

I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too.

Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.

Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.

Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened.

Prints mimic what we are as humans: we are all the same and yet every one is different. I think there's a spiritual power in repetition, a devotional quality, like saying rosaries.

One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives.

It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual world.

The signature of our eyes, in other words, the way we look never changes even at the age of hundred!

I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I’d rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real experience of one.

Sometimes, the only way to exorcise old ghosts is to pack your bags and move in with them.

I'm really into natural and organic products.

[ Gil Cates] said, "You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling stories with magic."

Deepest communion with God is beyond words, on the other side of silence.

The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.

The only way to win a power struggle is to give it up.

When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.