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• ‟ I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.

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• ‟ I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.

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• ‟ I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

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• ‟ Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.

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• ‟ No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

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• ‟ Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place.

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• ‟ Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal things.

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