Oooh, if you have never been to Alaska, go there while it is still wild. My favorite uncle asked me if I wanted to go there, Uncle Sam. He said if you don't go, you're going to jail. That is how Uncle Sam asks you.

People look at me like I'm a little strange, when I go around talking to squirrels and rabbits and stuff. That's ok. That's just ok.

I have to paint fast on television because of the limited time, but I don't want people to see what I'm showing them as work, something to worry and fret over. This is supposed to be fun.

Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.

Everyone is going to see things differently - and that's the way it should be.

wash the brush, just beats the devil out of it

It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.