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

Art is a path on which we honour our world.

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.

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

Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.

When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual.

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.