Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent.

So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?

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

When you sit down to paint or draw, you form yourself into a posture of praise

It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.

You're right, super-realism is back in style.

The job of art is to turn time into things.