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

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

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

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.

Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and yet ended up with an audience of avid admirers.

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