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.
Wayne ThiebaudCommonplace objects are constantly changingโฆ The pies, for example, we now see, are not going to be around forever. We are merely used to the idea that things do not change.
Wayne ThiebaudI haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.
Wayne Thiebaud