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My first memory is of light -- the brightness of light -- light all around.


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Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.



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I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.



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If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.



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Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.



When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.



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To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.





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