"In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to translate into clothes."

“I think it's good to surround yourself with people you care about and that care about you, and you all trust each other, and then you don't have to worry about problems and shitty stuff happening.”

“Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.”

“I'm going to get up every morning at 6:30 to work out. Then, when I've kept with it all week, I give myself something I really want, like a new handbag or a piece of jewelry I'm coveting.”

“I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.”

“We know next to nothing about the relationship between Chavez and Raul Castro. One thing, though, is certain. The Cuban military and political elite do not regard Chavez as a logical successor to Fidel Castro in Latin America.”

“And y'all scared I can tell That I'mma get Bucks like Milwaukee, cause like Sam, I ca' sell.”

Source : "Song: Put Your Hands Up (Album: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye)". 2001.

“Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.”

“It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.”