1. “The moment rules over everything.”
2. “Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.”
3. “The moment you cheat for the sake off beauty, you know you’re an artist.”
4. “A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.”
5. “Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.”
6. “Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.”
7. “Always live in the ugliest house on the street – then you don’t have to look at it.”
8. “Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.”
9. “Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.”
10. “Like people, trees are all individuals.”
11. “Tragedy is literary concept.”
12. “You must plan to be spontaneous.”
13. “I’m always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.”
14. “All art is contemporary, if it’s alive, and if it’s not alive, what’s the point of it?.”
15. “I’m a very early riser, and I don’t like to miss that beautiful early morning light.”
