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" Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that. "

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" I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard. "

" I value my friends. "

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" I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really. "

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