Competition isn't a bad thing. Somebody can always do it better and that somebody is you.

Don’t get me wrong. Government Contracting is difficult, but the help you give the government makes our country strong.

Our business model has been to partner with bigger firms and team on projects to gain experience. A bigger firm always enhances my smaller firm’s position.

I had been doing framing for 10 years before moving here. I am one of only two certified picture framers in Venice. It's a craft and everyone has their own techniques.

I tell people to learn as much as you can about the shells you collect, like, which ones are in short supply or endangered. I try never to collect live shells.

The love of art has always been there. It's like breathing. I can't remember my first breath, but it was there from the beginning.