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

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.

We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we've lost.

Library. It's where we lock up all those books before they start giving kids ideas, " I said solemnly. "Very dangerous place to be.

He that seeks trouble always finds it.

When people are not given an option by some secret scoring system, it's very hard to complain, so they often don't even know that they've been victimized.

If you want ACTION, don’t write. Go and tell the guy what you want.

Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!

The greatest lesson that I learned in all of this is that you have to start. Start now, start here, and start small. Keep it Simple.

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!