There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow what's going on, but it was also very important to make this step, you may say this leap of faith.

Joseph Jarman

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy

There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity.

Adrienne Rich

Singular indeed that the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.

Abraham Lincoln

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.

Deepak Chopra

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

Robert Southey

I was starting to see that what looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted out of it.

Jodi Picoult

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

Blaise Pascal

Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed.

Walter Russell

I do not want a honeymoon with you. I want a good marriage. I want progress, and I want problemsolving which requires my best efforts and also your best efforts. I have no need to learn how Congress speaks for the people. As President, I intend to listen. But I also intend to listen to the people themselvesall the peopleas I promised last Friday. I want to be sure that we are all tuned in to the real voice of America.

Gerald R. Ford

The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.

Lolly Daskal

The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Dennis Green