"...Oh, let's start again--cut that out! Cut that out! That's definitely off the record. Off the record. Off the record!"  

 
"...and I say, 'Hey, I've been here 10, 20 years, an American, longer than you have!'"  

 
"I went through a period of time I was feeling very marginal..."  

 
" all my life I liked to paint and draw and express myself"  

 
"...for a long, long time women's ability to paint great art has not been recognized."  

 
"At this stage of my life I also see myself changing..."  

 
"...I thought I can lend a perspective...enrich the dialogue..."  

 
"I think the [Community Advisory] Committee is still evolving."  

 
"It's the delight of seeing something that you could never imagine..."  

 
"...maybe because it's Chinese and I made a connection..."  

 
"There's certain things that just stay with you."  

 
" I'm stealing, and taking a little bit more out of life..."  

 
"...I hope [it's] art that always leads the way, and not politics.."