When we begin to lift the veils of censorship and repression in painting, a great deal of energy is unleashed.

When a seed sprouts, it's a violent process. The skin breaks and splits in two. Something dies and something is born. Anytime you paint a strong or violent image, you may be expressing that part of yourself that's opening in order to let the new emerge.

What I want people to realize is that there is enough inside them, that everything that they really need in order to feel a sense of aliveness and creativity is already inside. And not only is it inside them, but if they allow it they will have an interesting life.

It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement.

To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason.

When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche.

There is this mysterious energy that wants us to keep growing.