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Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.

Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.

Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters.