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Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.

Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Like everybody, I've had a lot of pain in my life and I'm a work in progress. You must have a true desire to see the world from a different point of view, and that comes with growing up.

Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.

Pain is a beautiful thing. When you feel pain, you know you're alive.

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I've also seen a whole lot of pain.