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.
Alex KatzActually, you want to go into an area where you're frightened. Otherwise, you're just going to be repainting beautiful paintings, but a little duller each time.
Alex KatzMy 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.
Alex Katz