I honestly believe students of painting in the next century will laugh at the abstract art movement. They will marvel at such a drawn-out regression ….

Scan your subject for things that are clearly impossible. After all, paint isn't magic! If you see that certain elements in the subject are beyond th….

I alone must solve my problem. I have to clear my mind of everything else, think hard, analyze, explore my options, plan a strategy for the immediate….

Whenever I can, I paint the powerful and obvious things in my subject first..

The strength and clarity of the picture you envision at the start will tell you when you are done. You are finished when you have said what you wish ….

You can stick with a few clear-cut values, which are stronger than a multitude of values and will obviously yield a stronger painting. But not all su….

Never knowingly leave anything wrong on your canvas..

My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital counterbalance to our base impulses ..

Be flexible - the order in which you introduce the elements of a painting should not be a rigid system. What worked last time may not work this time..

Somewhere within all of us is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a part that has remained unchanged since we were….

The grandest and simplest things contain worlds within worlds. Seeing them is a matter of the right point of view, and your painter's eye is the spec….

There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture unfolded, it emphatically suggeste….

Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise..

An incomplete sketch superbly executed is power..

How often have we all come to that crucial point in a painting where it is practically 'begging' us to stop before we ruin it? We have all had that e….

In a sense, every work you do is a self-portrait because your paintings always reveal more about you than about your subject. Your experience of some….

Don't wish for "secrets" of the masters, either. There are none worth fooling with. They had no special mediums or paints, nor special brushes that m….

As painters...we must always remember that our precious poetic visions and spiritual insights will remain forever locked within us until we can boil ….

Underlying all your choices, particularly subject matter and the way you represent it, should be your own personal scruples, the standards and rules ….

Talent, don't bother about wether or not you have it. Just assume that you do, and forget about it. Talent is a word we use after someone has become ….

Use lots of paint and don't worry, they will make more..