A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed.
A great painting is a great painting.
It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.
I've painted in the past, but I only average about one painting a year, and the last painting I did, I actually really liked.
Painters who are not colorists produce illumination, not painting.
The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can see the eyes follow you around the room.
The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotions come across?
In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting.
