You can't get it right, until you make it wrong.

- Helen Van Wyk

Gray is the queen of colors, because she makes everyone else look good.

- Helen Van Wyk

I switched to painting with my left hand to be in better company.

- Helen Van Wyk

See it in terms of paint. We don't learn subject matter, we learn paint. The musician can play any score that is set before him.

- Helen Van Wyk

You're afraid because you're thinking about the end, not about what you're doing.

- Helen Van Wyk

If it's all wrong, it's all right.

- Helen Van Wyk

It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully as you can.

- Helen Van Wyk

A painting is a collection of a series of corrections.

- Helen Van Wyk

The first thing you see is the last thing you do.

- Helen Van Wyk