"I have always been interested in the way the plants grow in the desert. They are so resilient."

"Men are always trying to make me into a woman. But I don't want to be a woman. I want to be a painter."

"I have always been interested in the vastness of the desert. It is so big and empty, and yet it is so full of life."

"I decided to start anew — to strip away what I had been taught and to search for myself."

"I think I have always tried to make the best of what is around me."