Imagination Comes Of Not Having Things.

I Draw All The Time. Drawing Is My Backbone. I Don't Think A Painter Has To Be Able To Draw, I Just Think That If You Draw, You Better Draw Well.

I Have Always Said To Young Artists That Scholastic Training And The Studying Of Art History Are Crucial To Fully Developing As An Artist.

You Can't Take Yourself Too Seriously.

I've Got The Public. I Don't Care About The Critics. I Did At One Time. I Don't Any More. I Did When I Needed Compliments. But If You Get A Lot Of Compliments, You Don't Need A Critic To Tell You, 'this Should Be Done Another Way.'

I Don't Know If I'm An Impressionist Or An Expressionist. You Can Call Me An American First... I've Been Labeled Doing Neimanism, So That's What It Is, I Guess.