Art is not what you see but what you make others see - Edgar Degas

I remember a story my father used to tell. As he was coming home one day, he ran across a group of men who were firing on the troops from an ambush. During the excitement a daring onlooker went up to one of the snipers who seemed to be a poor marksman. He took the man's gun and brought down a soldier, then handed it back to its owner who motioned as if to say, 'No, go on. You're a better shot than I am.' But the stranger said, 'No, I'm not interested in politics.'

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

The creation of a painting takes as much trickery and premeditation as the commitment of a crime.