I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others.
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.
A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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.
Art makes us feel less alone. It makes us think: somebody else has thought this, somebody else has had these feelings.
The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotions come across?
For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.
My painting carries with it the message of pain.
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