“Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.”

“Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.”

“The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.”

“No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.”

“Art is born in attention.”

“. . . reaching toward God has made me more me and not less me. I was always afraid you would erase me. Instead, you are helping me to sketch me in.”

“Serious art is born from serious play.”