Artist Statement  
    through the words of others  

Ain't no money in poetry
That's what set the poet free.
            -- Guy Clark, Cold Dog Soup

I’ll be looking at the moon
But I’ll be seeing you.
            -- Irving Kahal, I’ll Be Seeing You

 
There ain’t no dark till something shines. 
            -- Townes Van Zandt, Rex’s Blues

 
Ever since the first I had, the worst I had was good. 
            -- Kris Kristofferson, Same Old Song

 
There ain’t no rule if you don’t break it
Ain’t no chance if you don’t take it.
            -- Guy Clark, Picasso’s Mandolin

 
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
The monkey and the plywood violin.
            -- Leonard Cohen, First We Take Manhattan

 
Modern art = “I could do that” + “Yeah but you didn’t”
            -- unknown