I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest.