In the United States, the immigrant experience occupies a very central place in American mythology. And sometimes, that place wavers between acceptan….

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work..

To be a creative person and be a professional, as an artist you have to be able to withstand pain, rejection, and for some, a lot of bad feelings, bu….

Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again..

When I sing, I always relive a part of my life..

On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding..

Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better..

Will loved to gallop..

Neither fear nor resist change - cultivate it..

Africa is on the rise..

I don't keep up with the Joneses, I am the Joneses..

Start small and with your own money..

They will love me for that which destroys me..

The image is an image..

God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

Understanding that what it is that you're doing isn't limited to the roles and the rejection, it's bigger than that, it's about your purpose in life..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..