Patience is certainly a commendable quality, and I am in a great hurry to obtain it. Since I am dependent on the Lord to lead me in this work, however, I progress only when I proceed according to His timing, and His timing is often different, and almost invariably, it seems, slower than mine. Still, I enjoy fantasizing an occasional avant-gardism. Consider for example, the merits of wrapping Christo in 21 miles of electric blanket. Egoism in art is anathema to me, because ego focuses on the creation rather than the Creator, and because it diverts me into aesthetic dead ends from the moment I begin to respond to its blandishments.
Egoism is an indulgence which perverts and diminishes the creative process.
Every painting is a series of emergencies building to a central crisis. Pushing a piece through to completion requires faith - and much persistence.