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..

When I was 18 I already had a business going..

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..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used..

Frequently these loaded images or objects are used by me without my attaching a particular significance to them. In other words, what I'm doing is le….

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!.

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

Reality is not what it used to be..

I don't pull, I just receive..