You see what you know!

Any artist can't get away from the way the world works, which is that it wants to know what you did, and you're only interested in what you're doing right now.

You see what you know!

I never noticed competing with other generations. There's competition within your own generation, but that competition is good. Maybe you're annoyed that somebody's getting more money than you are, but what's really annoying is if someone's painting a better painting than you're making. So it's something to think about and work toward and stay focused on.

All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can see the whole idea without any confusion…What you see is what you see.

I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters.