"The foundation of joy is the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work."

"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"It is a steadfast truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach."

"If it were not for hopes, the heart would break."

"When you see a fashion show, you see those seven minutes of what was six months of tedious work of, you know, going up an inch and down an inch, changing it from one shade of red to another shade of red. So it's the same as any creative process. The result is what we see, but the process is really labor intensive and work."

"The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness."

"Wisdom principle 37 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 12."