An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

I paint when I cannot photograph.