"If God wants us to pray without ceasing, it is because He wants to answer without ceasing!"

“I guess I have no motivation to make an abstract painting, even if they sometimes read as abstract. I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.”

Source : Interview With Laura Hoptman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 15, 2013.

“Don't ever lose sight of who you are and your own power.”

“When I turned 18, was the first time that I really started concentrating on politics. And I started doing so because I realized that in order to really create and generate change, it has to come from changing laws... so I started campaigning for Norman Lear's foundation, which was Declare Yourself.”

“I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter.”

“Illegitimis non carborundum. Lat., Don't let the bastards grind you down.”

“Promise you'll think of me every second?”

“Man is an eternal sophomore.”

“AIDS is our number one enemy. This enemy can be defeated. While the research for a cure continues, four principles -- love, support, acceptance and care for those affected -- can make us winners.”