Artists with serious aspirations need to be left alone to follow the course of their own imagination.

Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.

Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery rather that obvious description. Like a good poem, a good abstraction attacks your feelings before your understanding. Abstraction within realism adds zest and excitement to otherwise dull subject matter. Abstract understanding takes time and patience.

Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs; professionals get to work.

In painting you cover up your sins and everyone thinks you're naturally talented.

According to Mednick, after sleep, people are 33 percent more likely to be creative.

A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.