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" In my old age, I'll be in L.A. "

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" The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. "

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" Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out. "

" Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? "

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" I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see. "

" Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do. "

" Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. "

" Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny. "

" I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity. "

" My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else. "

" The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough. "

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" California is always in my mind. "

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" Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus. "