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" There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead. "

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" 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.' "

" Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting. "

" 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. "

" If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is. "

" 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. "

" I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked. "

" Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. "

" I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves. "

" 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 don't intimidate anyone. "

" If you study my paintings, there are no signs of human life. "

" There are no mistakes, only happy accidents. "

" 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 believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint. "

" We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, 'Give me more mountains.' "

" Traditionally, art has been for the select few. "

" If you learned how to make a cloud, your time is not wasted. "

" I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find. "

" I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush. "