Now is not the time for bigots and racists. No time for sexists and homophobes. Now, more than ever, is the time for ARTISTS. It’s time for us to rise above and to create. To show humanity. To spread hope. We must prevent society from destroying itself, from losing its way. Now is the time for love.

I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.

What immense satisfaction it must be to fashion a story like [Maupassant's]! One must say 'fashion' because it is not merely writing, but massing and cutting away like a sculptor, chiseling lean and clear. And to put one's work confidently in the crucible of Time; to know that in six perfect pages is the finest form of one's idea: This satisfaction is the only true reward of the artist, and this his highest possible joy on Earth.

Your life is a sculpture, every day chip away.

As a sculptor sculpts a statue, an educator educates our future generation. Beauty depends on the creator.

It was time to take what he wanted. And what he wanted was her.

The great ideas you met on your path are the genius sculptors which shape the shape your mind!