There Is No Way To Be Truly

At Times There Seems To Be A Million Ideas Worth Painting. However, There Are Days When It's A Challenge To Pull Any Idea Together. On These Days I Go To My Studio, Leaf Through An Art History Book, And Tell Myself That I Am Part Of This Great Tradition.

I Think The One Thing This Picture Shows That's New Is The Psychological Disproportion Of The Kids' Demands On The Parents. Parents Are Often At Fault, But The Kids Have Some Work To Do, Too.

You Are Who You Are Meant To Be. Dance As If No One's Watching. Love As If It's All You Know. Dream As If You'll Live Forever. Live As If You'll Die Today.

When An Actor Plays A Scene Exactly The Way A Director Orders, It Isn't Acting. It's Following Instructions. Anyone With The Physical Qualifications Can Do That. So The Director's Task Is Just That – To Direct, To Point The Way. Then The Actor Takes Over. And He Must Be Allowed The Space, The Freedom To Express Himself In The Role. Without That Space, An Actor Is No More Than An Unthinking Robot With A Chest-full Of Push-buttons.

My Fun Days Are Over.