Art is not delivered like the morning paper; it has to be stolen from Mount Olympus.

An artist has to train his responses more than other people do. He has to be as disciplined as a mathematician. Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom. It prepares an artist to choose his own limitations.

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen.

If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective

Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that.

The Gold Rush and the Pony Express made Sacramento a substantial place in terms of enterprise.

My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.