Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.

If you are not playful you are not alive.

I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.

All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?

Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny.