The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I'd love it if the critics would notice me, too.

The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.

If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.

I keep the pornographic stuff in a bus station locker.

Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.