There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.
I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.
I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work. The job requires you to be a mean, tough person. And I was fed up with it. I promised myself that if I ever got away from it, it wasn't going to be that way any more.
I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.
If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
If you learned how to make a cloud, your time is not wasted.
Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.
Traditionally, art has been for the select few. We have been brainwashed to believe that Michelangelo had to pat you on the head at birth.
Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.
I don't intimidate anyone.
There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.
We show people that anybody can paint a picture that they're proud of. It may never hang in the Smithsonian, but it will certainly be something that they'll hang in their home and be proud of. And that's what it's all about.
If you study my paintings, there are no signs of human life.
One of the questions that I hear over and over and over is, 'What do we do with all these paintings we do on television?' Most of these paintings are donated to PBS stations across the country. They auction them off, and they make a happy buck with 'em.
I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find.
People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood does. But this is PBS. All these shows are done for free.
I tell people, 'You can do this.' And they write back and say, 'You were right. I can do this. And now I believe I can do anything.'
I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.
Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.
