You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
The mystery of reality is what keeps me painting.
作家的职责是讲述真相，即使它令人不适或不便。
不要让那些混蛋把你磨碎。
Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.
