I paint every day to get to the point where I'm pleased with the outcome. The role of painting for me is to lose myself in the process and to enjoy it. When life gives me challenges, I have to remind myself of the pleasures it can reward.
Proust on Chardin: Still life will become eminently alive. Like life itself, it will always have something new to tell you, some witchery to dazzle you with, some mystery to disclose.
