Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.
I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?
I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way-under the hoop.
It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
My goal... not to go back to Rembrandt... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.