I surrender to the world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.

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

If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.

I am not a juicy painter.

I've tried never to be easily satisfied, and I've been painting like fury now for forty years.... I have a feeling. You paint about as far as your emotions go, and that's about it.

I think a person permeates a spot, and a lost presence makes the environment timeless to me, keeps an area alive. It pulsates because of that.

I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious.