Kevyn Aucoin

I didn't know what gay was. There was no such thing when I was growing up. I knew I had crushes on boys, but I didn't think there was anything wrong with that until I started to hear about it from the other kids in school.

When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.

Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.

I'm not saying that putting on makeup will change the world or even your life, but it can be a first step in learning things about yourself you may never have discovered otherwise. At worst, you could make a big mess and have a good laugh.

I made a crash landing here on Earth on February 14, 1962, in the Shreveport Catholic Charities Home for un-wed mothers. The infamous Bonnie and Clyde lost their lives just miles from where I was born. Like outlaws ourselves, my birth mother and I were on the run from the day she found out I was part of her.

I was a regular little boy who also enjoyed things that girls did.

I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road.

It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won't make your soul pretty.

Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul.

There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever out of them.

I also have this incredible love for women.

I was absolutely lost in love and life when I did my drawings. Time stood still.