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People won't stop painting, just as they won't stop making music or dancing. This is a facility we have. Children don't stop doing it or having it. On the other hand, it seems we don't need painting anymore. Culture is more interested in entertaining people.

When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it's a good time to start painting.

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.

Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it.

Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple.

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.