Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.

An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always.

As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.

If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.

My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.

The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.

In my old age, I'll be in L.A.