Not that it was beautiful, but that I found some order there.
To be original one needs to learn the ideas of other painters in order to be different from them.
The pleasure derived from viewing the achievements of others, coupled with a true appreciation of nature, sharpens the desire to express pictorially.
Art comes into being in that abstract interval between a thought and reality, and no one - not even the artist who created it - can remeasure the influences that caused it.
The artist should always be the student.
Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability.
The study of art is a lifetime matter. The best any artist can do is to accumulate all the knowledge possible of art and its principles, study nature often and then practice continually.
He gives before he is asked.
From a consideration of the immense volume of newly discovered facts in the field of physics, especially atomic physics, in recent years it might well appear to the layman that the main problems were already solved and that only more detailed work was necessary.
I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to.
My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.