You have to live with them and eat meals and make mistakes, ... (The Japanese) want so badly to please us and make a good impression.

They don't have that kind of candy over there, ... It is not as sweet (as in the U.S.).

This was the best trip by far, ... I made some really great friends over there.

We want to take the black cloak off this field. We believe the art stops once the brush leaves the canvas, we treat this like manufacturing.

We choose a canvas based on the specific work. There are split-hair types, but we have a sense of what will accentuate the artist?s vision.