There never was yet a people who must not have somebody or something to represent the dignity of the state.
And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle.
I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.
Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.
All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression
Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.
In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are removing its wholeness.
My ideal role would be the lead in a film with a director that I really appreciate and admire.
I never feel like I'm the guy that's got all the answers.
The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best?
Almost every man we meet requires some civility; requires to be humored; - he has some fame, some talent, some whim of religion or philanthropy in his head that is not to be questioned, and which spoils all conversation with him. But a friend is a sane man who exercises not my ingenuity, but me.