It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they're getting there.

We are creatures like everything else in our world.

If I keep coming back to a painting and there's a little something that bothers me, I know I'm not going to get away with it. I'm going to have to fix it, change it, whatever it is, to something that I'm comfortable with, that doesn't make me itch when I look at it.

It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

Every book is a unique experience.