When I started in my career, my sister was very sick so I play for her because we didn't have money.
Draw and paint the subject the way you want it to be, not as it is.
An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.
Without emotional content we make pictures; with it, we create art.
In the editing process, I delete what I do not want to use, move what remains around if necessary and add elements that I feel will make my visual statement as clear and understandable as possible.
Editing and selectivity are processes that provide the first steps in determining and conveying content.
The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting.
I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.
If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne, And all this day an unaccustomed spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
You are graduating from college. That means that this is the first day of the last day of your life. No, that's wrong. This is the last day of the first day of school. Nope, that's worse. This is a day.
In drawing, I often think of things as flying buttresses.