I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time -- like to have a friend takes time.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

I am trying with all my skill to do a painting that is all woman, as well as all of me.

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.