My mother thought I would have a hard life as a painter. My father thought the highest thing a person could be was an architect. Below that was a painter. So he thought it was much better than being, say, a doctor.

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.

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.

I know people can be a little nervous about swimsuits, but have some fun with it. Believe you can hold it down. If you believe you can hold it down, you can wear it.

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.

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