The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.
The advantage of a ridiculously ambitious goal is that it sets the bar very high so even in failure it may be a success measured by the ordinary.
The future competition is about talent; whoever has top talent holds the initiative.
"Light is everything. It defines form, creates space, and gives life to the painting."