I'm well aware of the show. The handful of people who were able to survive have always believed in the need for education and advancement of awareness in the countries that we live in.

My father lived through it and passed away at the age of 90. He used to tell the stories and break down and cry.

This was a planned governmental action to kill Armenians, not something that happened randomly. We never had the luxury of growing up with a normal family life with grandparents, aunts or uncles. So many didn't survive.

We feel a responsibility to our parents.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

It hurts their cause when people say that kind of thing,