I think painting has that unique potential to project opposing viewpoints.
I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.
I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p. m. and hearing about what he did that day.
We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.
Chaos is everywhere and chaos is wonderful. That's all there really is. There is no today. There is no tomorrow. There is only eternity, perfection, consciousness, power, and light.
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
I'm a professional; I feel I'm one of the best in the game.
The biggest mistake, in general, I've made, is to put too much of a weighting on someone's talent and not enough on their personality. And I've made that mistake several times. I think it actually matters whether somebody has a good heart, it really does. I've made the mistake of thinking that it's sometimes just about the brain.