Sometimes in life you can do everything right but bad things is still going to happen because

Seeing’ two-dimensional images is therefore something that we learn to do

The all-encompassing cure for cancer, heartbreak, irrationality, drug addiction, and every other ailment that plagues humanity?Fire.

It is never prudent to bury our heads in the sand when in distress or faced with adversity

War. War never changes.

If I can't suck your milkshake through a straw, it's not a milkshake--it's a glass of ice cream.

I'm looking for men who can give me security.

Soups are a great way to introduce a lot of vegetables to kids. Stir-fries, too, because they contain so many different shapes and colors.

My pictures must first be beautiful, but that beauty is not enough. I strive to convey an underlying edge of anxiety, of isolation, of fear.

If you take something like the slave-auction sketch, the warmth of the light gives it a crisp 12 Years a Slave look. And your eye tells your brain, "I should be taking this seriously."

If you're going to fail...FAIL FORWARD

There is always safety in valor.

We are all slaves of our own actions. Why be angry with anyone else?

Art moves. Hence its civilizing power.