“The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.”

“Children are the proof we've been here . . . they're where we go to when we die. They're the best thing and the most impossible thing, but there's nothing else . . . Life is a riddle and they are the answer. If there's any answer, it has to be them.”

“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.”

“It has been my personal experience that as I allow the painting to speak I become lost, it is delicious and at the same time frightening. The best ones, to me, have a life of their own.”

“In my experience, nothing worthwhile has ever really been all that easy. But it certainly has been worthwhile regardless how difficult it seemed. ”

“I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend Lucky to have been where I have been Lucky to be coming home again”