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The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and Sullivan comic figure. Smooth the cheeks, and suddenly the ear lobes and hands look out of place. Do we run around in October, painting the gold leaves green? Picture Quote #1

I often avoid using the terms ‘figuration’ and ‘abstraction’ because I’ve always tried to have it both ways. I want the experience of looking at one of my paintings to be similar to the process of making the painting - you go from the big picture to something very intense and detailed, and then back again Picture Quote #1

When I paint figures it’s never the idea of painting the beauty of the figure, it is using the figure to get across how I feel Picture Quote #1

Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly Picture Quote #1

See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There’s really nothing to be afraid of Picture Quote #1

Your art is part of the big painting of your life. You are on your own, standing by yourself in the middle of creation. In the beauty of that aloneness, and in how you respond to it, you will find your passion Picture Quote #1

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Painting is a matter of finding the right balance between consoling and reassuring the eye and challenging and disturbing the eye Picture Quote #1

Painting is the act of discovery and you’re constantly enlarging your horizon or finding yourself every time you paint Picture Quote #1

I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and other practicalities, so that their children can study painting, poetry and other fine things Picture Quote #1

I’ve had a fan who made a painting of my face with her fingers. I have put it up in my room. It was sweet and very different Picture Quote #1

Milos said, You’re my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn’t pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I’m busy painting my kitchen Picture Quote #1

Poetry and painting are rooted in the same law, The work of heaven and of the first cause Picture Quote #1

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I’ve dreamed landscapes for years, and my dreams play an enormous role in my work. In fact, when I first started doing landscapes I felt insecure about painting in this style, and the dreams were like positive omens for me, and I’ve done a few paintings that were exact replicas of images that came to me in dreams Picture Quote #1

At one point, I was painting shells and selling them at gas stations for five cents. I was six years old or something Picture Quote #1

When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it’s more like movie making Picture Quote #1

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas Picture Quote #1

Your creativity before it gets formed into words and songs is the actual substance. No one else can see it, right? Unless you give it the shape of a song or a painting or whatever Picture Quote #1

Actually, I didn’t study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design my third and fourth year, and photography my fifth Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to make sure the last chapters of my life were full, and painting, it turns out, has helped occupy not only space but opened my mind Picture Quote #1

So many people say painting is fun. I don’t find it fun at all. It’s hard work for me Picture Quote #1

Did I want to spend all my time working on a painting? No, I wanted to have fun, travel, meet women and live life Picture Quote #1

The small amount of people that control the discourse around painting - I thought that the whole museum world was just a bunch of phonies, and I didn’t really want to have anything to do with it. I guess I did installations, in a funny way, because they couldn’t be commodified Picture Quote #1

This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting Picture Quote #1

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then Picture Quote #1

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What could be said about me...a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well Picture Quote #1

What’s the light of Heaven look like on earth? Like sunlight streaming through clouds in the tackiest garage sale painting you ever saw. Really, it’s so beautiful it’s embarrassing. No subtlety whatsoever Picture Quote #1

Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow Picture Quote #1

I hate painting with a broad brush, but I think the birther thing, at its root, is racist. The guy was born in Hawaii. A black guy is president. It’s cool. Get over it. Just deal with it. There’s nothing you could show these birther people that would shut them up Picture Quote #1

Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You’re painting pictures of emotions Picture Quote #1

Getting plastic surgery in your late 70’s, it’s kind of like painting your house as the fire approaches. Just die, there’s no shame in it Picture Quote #1

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The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and Sullivan comic figure. Smooth the cheeks, and suddenly the ear lobes and hands look out of place. Do we run around in October, painting the gold leaves green? (Painting Quotes) I often avoid using the terms ‘figuration’ and ‘abstraction’ because I’ve always tried to have it both ways. I want the experience of looking at one of my paintings to be similar to the process of making the painting - you go from the big picture to something very intense and detailed, and then back again. (Painting Quotes) When I paint figures it’s never the idea of painting the beauty of the figure, it is using the figure to get across how I feel. (Painting Quotes) Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly. (Painting Quotes) See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There’s really nothing to be afraid of. (Painting Quotes) Your art is part of the big painting of your life. You are on your own, standing by yourself in the middle of creation. In the beauty of that aloneness, and in how you respond to it, you will find your passion. (Painting Quotes) Painting is a matter of finding the right balance between consoling and reassuring the eye and challenging and disturbing the eye. (Painting Quotes) Painting is the act of discovery and you’re constantly enlarging your horizon or finding yourself every time you paint. (Painting Quotes) I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and other practicalities, so that their children can study painting, poetry and other fine things. (Painting Quotes) I’ve had a fan who made a painting of my face with her fingers. I have put it up in my room. It was sweet and very different. (Painting Quotes) Milos said, You’re my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn’t pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I’m busy painting my kitchen. (Painting Quotes) Poetry and painting are rooted in the same law, The work of heaven and of the first cause (Painting Quotes) I’ve dreamed landscapes for years, and my dreams play an enormous role in my work. In fact, when I first started doing landscapes I felt insecure about painting in this style, and the dreams were like positive omens for me, and I’ve done a few paintings that were exact replicas of images that came to me in dreams. (Painting Quotes) At one point, I was painting shells and selling them at gas stations for five cents. I was six years old or something. (Painting Quotes) When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it’s more like movie making. (Painting Quotes) Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas. (Painting Quotes) Your creativity before it gets formed into words and songs is the actual substance. No one else can see it, right? Unless you give it the shape of a song or a painting or whatever. (Painting Quotes) Actually, I didn’t study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design my third and fourth year, and photography my fifth. (Painting Quotes) I wanted to make sure the last chapters of my life were full, and painting, it turns out, has helped occupy not only space but opened my mind. (Painting Quotes) So many people say painting is fun. I don’t find it fun at all. It’s hard work for me. (Painting Quotes) Did I want to spend all my time working on a painting? No, I wanted to have fun, travel, meet women and live life. (Painting Quotes) The small amount of people that control the discourse around painting - I thought that the whole museum world was just a bunch of phonies, and I didn’t really want to have anything to do with it. I guess I did installations, in a funny way, because they couldn’t be commodified. (Painting Quotes) This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting. (Painting Quotes) I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then. (Painting Quotes) What could be said about me...a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well. (Painting Quotes) What’s the light of Heaven look like on earth? Like sunlight streaming through clouds in the tackiest garage sale painting you ever saw. Really, it’s so beautiful it’s embarrassing. No subtlety whatsoever. (Painting Quotes) Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow. (Painting Quotes) I hate painting with a broad brush, but I think the birther thing, at its root, is racist. The guy was born in Hawaii. A black guy is president. It’s cool. Get over it. Just deal with it. There’s nothing you could show these birther people that would shut them up. (Painting Quotes) Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You’re painting pictures of emotions. (Painting Quotes) Getting plastic surgery in your late 70’s, it’s kind of like painting your house as the fire approaches. Just die, there’s no shame in it. (Painting Quotes)

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