“mixing comes natural. i just ought to. not am i mixed to perfection, i have aptitude for art and colors.”

“Although I have the colors, only the Lord can mix them with such harmony.”

“I am concerned with social and environmental issues. What rational person is not? But advocacy and art do not mix. Art is a seduction. Good art invites the reader to think and feel deeply and come to his/her own conclusions.”

“You get mixed messages because I have mixed feelings.”

“It is not I who mix the colors but your own vision,' he answered. 'I only place them next to one another on the wall in their natural state; it is the observer who mixes the colors in his own eye, like porridge. Therein lies the secret. The better the porridge, the better the painting, but you cannot make good porridge from bad buckwheat. Therefore, faith in seeing, listening, and reading is more important than faith in painting, singing, or writing.”

“I am a painter with letters. I want to restore everything, mix everything up and say everything.”