Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.

It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.

A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

Raising standards with a broad brush is one thing, but you do need to understand all of the technical ramifications which will trickle down through all aspects of development. The hard part for people to grasp is that plans may be just a picture on a piece of paper, but from the other side of the coin, every dot making up every line on that picture equals money.

We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons.

I'm completely aware of Matisse and what he said, that painters must begin by cutting out their tongues.