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

To be the authentic is to be detached and stand aside from oneself and the work so that the working process can take on an untrammeled life of its own. Labored self-involvement, contrivance, ulterior motives, even the extraordinary facility that one may have, must be let go.

Playful arising is authorized by both risk and trust in the process and in oneself. To be truly playful and improvisational one must not look for results.

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

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

Master water first and then paint.

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.