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I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.

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The things that I paint are things that I know very well.

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We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question.

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I just can't whip off a likeness of somebody.

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With a creature, there's no voice, so the eyes become the voice. When you get eye-to-eye contact, a real connection, it's limitless - and incredibly thrilling.

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Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.

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Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall.

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To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.

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To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.

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I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It's a microcosm.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: July 6th, 1946

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