Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

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.

Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it.

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

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.