Painting is so close, so personal, so immediate, and so ordinary... It is the ordinary resurrections that define your painting.

Allow the brush to 'wander' above the realm of conventional judgement and practice.

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired.

Dismiss thoughts of 'good, bad, right, wrong, success, failure' - be spontaneous.

Painting is so close, so personal, so immediate, and so ordinary... It is the ordinary resurrections that define your painting.

Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking?

The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing.