I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

The physicality of the work is very important - it has to have a presence.

"I'm not trying to fool anyone into thinking it's a photograph. I'm trying to make a painting that has its own reality."

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Every piece of plastic we produce should have a clear path to reuse or recycling.

Every book is a door to another world.

Thought and behavior are inseparable in the living organism.