The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.
Romare BeardenPainting is the act of discovery and you're constantly enlarging your horizon or finding yourself every time you paint.
Romare BeardenPainting and art cannot be taught. You can save time if someone tells you to put blue and yellow together to make green, but the essence of painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.
Romare Bearden