Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.

There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.

You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.

Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.

Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the sexism and misogyny that is Donald Trump.

There are no 'come shoot me' clothes.

A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.

An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.

Voter apathy is a civic abdication.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse

As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw but what they wished me to see.

Amazing grace, amazing life.

Every snowflake is unique, yet they are each perfect.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

There is nothing more guaranteed to reduce a man to the essentials than to live beneath the sky.

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

One good turn asketh another.

It is vital for Russia to normalize relations with the rest of the world. You shouldn't isolate your economy

The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.