My work as a painter has always been tied to Modernism. I read everything I could find related to art, from Paul Cézanne through the 1950s.

God has given me the bread of adversity and the water of trouble.

I would sooner read five lines of the Bible than hear five masses in the "Church".

Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.

I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.

My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.

I'm a New Yorker. I like the big streets and the big buildings. It's a great place to walk.

I don't like sleeping in a different place every night, but I do like meeting new people.

Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.

The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore.

It's hard to say what exactly I like about New York. It's so vast. It seems to go on and on, but that's an illusion. Still, it's fun to be here, especially since I don't drive.

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

Any nation that wishes to enjoy the fruits of development and civilization, must follow the golden rules of this scripture as a national policy and culture.

You can change your life to become YOUR life

Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.

Virtue lives when Beauty dies.

I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.

Some people are mistaken, they think birds need feed to survive, but they don't. The main reason to feed birds is to enjoy them.

I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.

I'm interested in how people shoot because I have a very specific way of shooting and I'm fascinated by the way other people shoot films, particularly if they're smart and talented.

The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.