The significant element that is common to Rivera, Siqueros, Picasso, Pollock, Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo is the expression of pain.

- Billy Cannon

Mozart. Vivaldi. Van Gogh. Stretched their genius on struggle, stress and survival.

- Billy Cannon

Stories are best when they 'emerge' from the depths, and when built in a painting from early sketch through the three-act process to The End, it is a…

- Billy Cannon

Flat fields produce mediocre grapes, but rolling hills produce the greatest grapes. Why? Because the vines must struggle for survival.

- Billy Cannon

Speaking of line, what artist of line was ever able to find more depth and volume than Hirschfeld? He was an illustrator and a caricaturist, but firs…

- Billy Cannon

Self-taught are those without formal education. Most self-taught artists have missing ingredients to their work.

- Billy Cannon

A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men.

- Billy Cannon

All artists are protected by copyright... and we should be the first to respect copyright.

- Billy Cannon

How do you define a poet? It's very simple. Anyone declaring that he is a poet, is a poet.

- Billy Cannon