“When we are able to listen to someone else's story with an open heart and hear their experience, which may look different than ours, we begin to close the gap between them and us.”

“Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.”

“I remember being disappointed when Papa had shown me Caravaggio's Judith. She was completely passive while she was sawing through a man's neck. Caravaggio gave all the feeling to the man. Apparently, he couldn't imagine a woman to have a single thought. I wanted to paint her thoughts, if such a thing were possible -- determination and concentration and belief in the absolute necessity of the act. The fate of her people resting on her shoulders...”

“Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true.”

“Be healthy by being outdoors in the natural daylight with nature!”

“To friends! Life belongs to those who love, and where love reigns is man truly king!”

“You’re fucking kidding me, right?” “I don’t kid about fucking.”

“I see her, and she sees me. I was death, and she was life.”