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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.

The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.

Painting, for me, is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real.

Painting is a hobby for me.

I love painting so much that nothing else matters.

I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.

I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don't think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless.

I love painting.

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.

Painting is a coalescing of experience.