Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better.

Have you ever hung a piece of black velvet behind you and looked at yourself in the mirror? We are each of us quite alone, and that's what I try to paint.

I'm interested in human vulnerability. We are alone, and my portraits reflect this quality. I don't want anything to get in the way of this feeling.

An artist is either good at color or good at value but rarely good at both. I focus on the tonal range, the dark-light effects, rather than the full color range of bright colors. I just don't know what to do with all those cadmiums.

A single model enables me to focus on one thing at a time, separating design and form and color into three successive stages.

Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better.

I have never painted as well as I thought I should, so frustration came early.