Bement was a very good teacher but he was a very poor painter. I guess he wasn't a painter at all. He had no courage and I believe that to create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage.

I know I am unreasonable about people but there are so many wonderful people whom I can't take the time to know.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

A flower touches everyone's heart.

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.

It seems to be my mission in life to wait on a dog.

I have lived on a razors edge. So what if you fall off. I'd rather be doing something I wanted to do. I'd walk it again.