I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.
The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find expression in a work of art.
It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
To me, art is the glorification of the human spirit.
To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.