The voice will always be heard, even if the song is very different.

Selling is not a static activity.

I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings.

I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power.

The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the atmosphere in a gallery borders on snobbishness.

I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.

Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.