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

I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.

The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.

We all know a mirror reflects us, if you look in it. If you move, the reflection moves. If you project from a mirror, meaning it will project an image, it's nothing to do with you. The world seen by nobody.

Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away.

Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look

I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking.