Political events are part of everyday life [in Colombia], so art and politics came to me as a natural thing, something that has been very much present in my life from the start.

In art, everything is particular. The more particular and the more intimate you get, the more you can give in the piece.

And in a situation of war, we all experience it in much the same way, either as victim or perpetrator. So I’m not narrating a particular story. I’m just addressing experiences.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.

His letter was like the shock produced by a cold bath.

Love is effortless attention.

There are generations of people who have never seen a big plate painting in person. And they don't know what the hell they look like, they don't know what it feels like to stand in a room with them.

Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.

Sometimes you can tell what something is by what is isn't.

I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting.

I didn't do anything very pretty. My contributions were in the intangibles. But, they were the type of things that help lead a team.