When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.
I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography.
I don't know just what, but there will have to be some drastic changes made besides cutting down on boating to get my mind more on painting.
It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than creating things himself.
Although not of the quality of my later work, I feel there is some quality to it [my early work] in an art sense, and probably some additional quality in a biographical sense.
If I didn't have a conviction that a serious painter can portray Nature more profoundly than the best colour photography, I'd probably give it all up or go abstract or take up photography.
Worry, about the 'thousand and one' details entailed. My one-track mind has to be relieved of these worries completely or I cannot get started working on my paintings, or even get to sleep at night.
As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.
We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.
First love is alright, as far as it goes. Last love – that’s the one I’m interested in.
I have a pretty good understanding of animals.