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.

No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.

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

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

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 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.

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