I love to study the many things that grow below the corn stalks and bring them back to the studio to study the color. If one could only catch that true color of nature - the very thought of it drives me mad.

Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar.

I think one's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. I see no reason for painting but that. If I have anything to offer, it is my emotional contact with the place where I live and the people I do.

I am not a juicy painter.

It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion.

Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.