Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

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.

Selling is not a static activity.

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.

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

Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait!