The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality and will lose its 'punch' when topical concerns move on to other interests.

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

The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message with unrelenting and powerful emotion.

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.

What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am I reporting my experience of life and the world as I see and experience it?

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