One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

You can't paint pictures of love. You can only imagine them. So I suppose I don't need a painting by another artist. I have enough of my own.

One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it.

I think that the most important requirement is to capture the essence of a piece of art. You look at it, essentially absorb it, and you have to be able to understand it visually without having to think about how it was done. I was already able to do that as a child.

No one ever ordered anything from me. I painted because I wanted to.