Merely looking at the world around us is immensely different from seeing it.

In this twentieth century, to stop rushing around, to sit quietly on the grass, to switch off the world and come back to the earth, to allow the eye to see a willow, a bush, a cloud, a leaf, is an unforgettable experience.

Art is neither a profession nor a hobby. Art is a way of being.

For you can look at things while talking or with a radio going full blast, but you can see only when the chatter stops.

I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle.

I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen

What is spiritual experience? A snowflake melting, a bee sucking honey, a fat man at a traffic light. Trivia.