The search for a meaningful painting subject is a search for ourselves.

Much like a patchwork quilt, inspiration that stirs and motivates me is made of many things.

If light is the spiritual quality of painting, color is surely its heart and passion.

Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the magical equation.

I firmly believe that a representational painting is only as strong as its abstract components.

One part braggart to one part coward. He would fear everyone he did not control. And the next day he would fear those he controlled even more.

If I worship the fact that I don’t worship anything, amongst other things what I’m worshipping is denial.

I have to remind myself that I've always known this: Evolution is not for everybody.

In matters of love: When giving, be generous! When taking, be thankful!

People buy for their reasons, not yours.

People can't just listen to the music and have their own imagination and take them where they wanna go.

I'm not much interested in prizes, whether from the Arab world or from the Western world. Writing is a very difficult process and I want to continue my work.

When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.

I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme in concert.

Sentences of the court on moral issues are always passed in absentia.