You just got to be yourself. That's what people respect more than anything.

Schools should be open. If it's a public education, and the school in your district is poor-performing, you should be able to put your student or kid wherever you want.

What I really like is that Chicago is a big city: it has a large market, and you are exposed to everything, like shows and plays.

I wanted to be trustworthy to the audience.

Being a child of the 1970s, I remember cleaning up on the weekends. we would listen to everything from Marvin Gaye to Frankie Beverly and Maze.

I'm all for players extending their careers, and I'm all for trying to be as healthy as possible for the playoff run.

Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every good painter paints what he is.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.