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- Artistic success comes from clearly and authentically expressing yourself, with skill.
- It’s a numbers game, the more paintings you create, the better the paintings.
- The best paintings come easy. Don’t overwork a painting or make it too precious or it will feel overworked.
- Paint and don’t think about it, feel it. It’s like dancing.
- Art has the power to make people feel and heal, just like a drug.
- You have to love your work if others are going to love it.
- Art is very subjective. But quality and skill, they're easier for everyone to recognize.
- Confidence comes from experiencing success but first it comes from the story that you're telling yourself.
- Painting is art, selling a painting is business.
- Nurture your relationship with collectors, they are your best source of referrals.
- Invite collectors to ask any questions. The creative process is fascinating.
- Art requires passion and discipline.
- Creative people need to express themselves to be healthy and happy.
- The human condition is universal and art can help us feel connected to our humanity.
- Painting is but an illusion of shapes, colors, and lines. But the emotional and creative energy behind this has the potential to transport the viewer.
- Your compensation is commensurate with the amount of value that you provide.
- Don’t accept art direction, unless you are an illustrator.
- The act of destruction is linked to creation, enjoy destroying some paintings.
- Everyone’s a critic.
- And everyone proclaims that they are an artist, when they are children.
