I think it would be more beneficial to protection of species if we could focus our efforts rather than paint a broad-brush area that is so enormous that active management is very, very difficult.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work.
The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.
Preventing ongoing extinction of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other threatened species is critically important. By all means, we must set priorities for allocating finite conservation resources.
We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
What we should be doing is saving habitats, not single species, no matter what their cuteness factor.
There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.
Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.
I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that is to uphold international conservation law.