It's a luxury to have so much time, especially with someone so important and busy. You have to get a feel for the person.

Art is an international language, understood by all.

As the spiral of modern art history continues to wind down, we can see the increasing demand for tradition in the visual arts.

The ability to draw from life determines the artist's skill. This is why live drawing classes have always been at the top of the curriculum for properly structured academic workshops.

Painting is a mosaic of colors weaved into a seamless whole.

One can compare art education to the solid foundation for a house - once it's built properly, it will hold any shape or form you will place on it.

Envy derives from insecurity.

Art Education is as important for a realist artist as an Alphabet is to learn a language.

Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or work requiring methods and techniques of the Renaissance Masters.

Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key to the success and never-ending beauty and harmony of Realism.

It is far easier to debate about realistic painting than to paint one.

Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?

Keeping secrets is a survival tactic.

Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

I know whatever my father did, in his own way, he still loved me.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

Inaction, letting be, neither creating nor destroying--that is my evil. And also the knower as one without desire.

The hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That's when you can go crazy if you don't allow the creative juices to flow.

Don't be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

There is only one thing age can give you, and that is wisdom.