Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside.

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the artist's composition. The composition is the totality of the work.

A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.

The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.

Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or something that says you are qualified.

Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language.

The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results.

That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to themselves and then to an audience.

You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.

Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it.

be as good as our first honeymoon?’ Friday 7 October A

No one is nothing. Everyone has a place and a purpose. Some choose their purpose and others have it thrust upon them but no one is useless. Everyone is someone. The world has use for us all.

Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.

Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife.

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

O'er the rugged mountain's brow Clara threw the twins she nursed, And remarked,'I wonder now Which will reach the bottom first?

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

You need teeth like mine!" Grandma said. "You can just mail 'em to the dentist!

A lot of what we are doing is getting design out of the way.

Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want?