I paint what I think, not what I see.

I don't work from nature, I work like nature.

I simply painted images of what was before my eyes; it is for others to find hidden meaning in them.

Lord, protect me from what I want!

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

A painter is a man who paints what he sells; an artist, on the other hand, is a man who sells what he paints.

He was an Afghan Hound name Kabul. Since him I have had other Afghan Hounds.... Perhaps I am looking for his ghost. He is the only one that I sometimes think about. Often, if he comes in to my mind when I am working, it alters what I do. The nose on the face I am drawing gets longer and sharper. The hair of the woman I am sketching gets longer and fluffy, resting against her cheeks like his ears rested against his head.