You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.

What makes everything one is the style.

You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.

You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.

You have to find what your temperament is like and live around it. I find I work really well off the top of my head because you get the unconscious into it. Otherwise, it's just an idea. And I'm not so hot there.

Most important, for openers, work six hours a day, seven days a week for six years. Then if you like it you can get serious about it.

Make a painting you can work on for a long period, and make it look like it doesn't show any effort.