Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words.
When I die there is nobody to take my place.
A painted surface is a real, living form.
Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.
My studio was on 9th Street between University and Broadway.
There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.
I'm always so sick of myself after a show.
The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors.
The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
The true method of knowledge is experiment.
Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life?
Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.
The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture.
Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises.
I hope the leaving is joyful, and I hope never to return.
Espero que la salida sea alegre y espero no volver nunca más.
