"Is love supposed to last throughout all time, or is it like trains changing at random stops. If I loved her, how could I leave her? If I felt that way then, how come I don't feel anything now?"

"George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?"

"Rain usually makes me feel mellow. Curl up in the corner time, slow down, smell the furniture. Today it just makes me feel wet."

"The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment."

"The law is not so much carved in stone as it is written in water, flowing in and out with the tide."

"I'm not judging people, I'm judging their actions. It's the same type of distinction that I try to apply to myself, to judge, but not be judgmental."

"The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through."

"I know just how frustrating it can be when you're tired and exhausted, but you still want to draw something."

"What we play is life."

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."

"Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend."

"A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world."