Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.

It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being, but a person who has succeeded in arranging for their appointed end, a complex of activities, of which the work is the outcome. The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.

A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.