Artist

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Traditionally, art has been for the select few.

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.

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

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

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.

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.

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.

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

I don't intimidate anyone.

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

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

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.'