Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want.
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
It takes a long time to make it simple.
I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.
You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.
About shadows: do we see shadows? Loads of people don't. A camera will notice a shadow, but how many people have got a shadow in front of them when they take a picture and don't notice it, and then they see it in the photograph because the photograph will catch the shadow.