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.

The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

If you were a star you'd be the one I'm searching for

We cry for mercy to the next amusement, The next amusement mortgages our fields

I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.

The time on either side of now stands fast.

Everything that's prose isn't verse and everything that isn't verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!

This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that?

Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. It’s not going to happen!

Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable logic to judges.

It isn't the experience of today that drives men mad. It is the remorse for something that happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may disclose.