Black is like a broken vessel, which is deprived of the capacity to contain anything.

To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you see is fascinating and absolutely absorbing.

Every garden presents innumerable fascinating problems.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.