Finishing is torture... There's always some newly seen flaw. But the little glimpses of beauty between the anxiety make it worth it.

- Jacob Collins

I love painting still lifes because there's a feeling of musical, flowing experience. The drawing doesn't matter as much - what you're really after i…

- Jacob Collins

There are many ways to draw beautifully. It's important to let the drawing be an investigation and sometimes, in order to investigate, you need to go…

- Jacob Collins

Painting figures is the hardest, certainly the most taxing genre, and you have to be the most on your game. If you have significant drawing problems,…

- Jacob Collins

The over-reliance on photography holds so many artists back.

- Jacob Collins

You can't go back. I know that. But you can look back.

- Jacob Collins

I spend so much time in my studio, which can be very dark, so it can begin to feel as if I'm a mole underground.

- Jacob Collins