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.

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

The only bad studio is the unused one.

It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.

Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of all fauna, they deserve both our study and our appreciation.

Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.

I always thought signing was an artist's honour and guarantee of authenticity.