32 Quotes by Taylor Negron

By letting go of what you thought was going to happen in your life, you can enjoy what is actually happening.

I hurt my bladder rollerblading.

I looked over and Jim Morrison was dancing the jitterbug with my grandmother on the coffee table.

I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.

Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.

Our family business was operating batting cages. The pitching machine spit out the balls at lightning speed. Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax. Whitey Ford. 50 cents for 12 pitches. Of course, my mother ran the place, and I was her slave: selling candy, hosing down the street, and the most dreaded of all jobs, feeding the pitching machine with balls.

I do think Jesus would skip church on Sunday morning and instead visit the nursing homes and retirement homes where so many have abandoned their loved ones.

Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.

Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'