This was my first encounter with art as art (he saw 'Pinky' painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence and 'The Blue Boy" painted by Thomas Gainborough).. ..somebody actually MADE those paintings.. ..(it) was the first time I realized you could be an artist.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place

An empty canvas is full.

Work is my joy... Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.

You can't make either life or art, you have to work in the hole in between, which is undefined. That's what makes the adventure of painting.

I am sick of talking about What and Why I am doing. I have always believed that the WORK is the word. Action is seen less clearly through reason. There are no shortcuts to directness.

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway