The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.
It is. . . treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing.
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.
Infinite sharing is the law of God s inner life.
God's time never stops.
God has left me alive, so it looks like I'm needed for something. . . As soon as there is a possibility for me to return, I will return and will do everything I can to make life better in Ukraine. And today, the main task is to stop the war.
Protect the downside. Worry about the margin of safety.