To me, watercolor is a Western medium, so when I feel like I am using a Western manner I will use English to sign my name.

It's destiny! Perhaps it is the energy that pulls on the threads and, well, I'm just leaving it as it is meant to be.

It is not about surpassing the masters who preceded us but more about opening new artistic vistas. It is about doing the things they didn't have a chance or the time to do.

Hyperrealism is more about objectifying... how an object can be portrayed when it is seen through a camera's lens... all my paintings are about an object being viewed through human eyes.

It was a great test of my ability to work with... watercolors. And it was also a test of my patience; I needed to put myself in a completely disciplined position... I couldn't make mistakes.

I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between nature and man.

Keep pushing with faith, hope and courage, for there is a very valuable prize waiting for you at the end of your struggle.

Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.

Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music.

When you got your hand in the lion's mouth, don't do nothin' til you get it out.

Is there an award for the best trophy? I bet they hand out a plaque.

Most people treat the news media like the exercise bike they have in their basement. They're glad it's there but they never use it.

I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.

Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself.

The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence.

We were put on this earth to make things.