No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesnt… you work out something. Its yours. You dont have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas. – LeRoy Neiman
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles. – Edwidge Danticat