All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
If there is a conflict in your mind between what you know and what you are seeing, paint what you see because if you… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
I see the things and people and events in my daily world as an endless succession of paintings. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
In a sense, every work you do is a self-portrait because your paintings always reveal more about you than about your subject. Your experience… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
As painters...we must always remember that our precious poetic visions and spiritual insights will remain forever locked within us until we can boil them… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
Underlying all your choices, particularly subject matter and the way you represent it, should be your own personal scruples, the standards and rules that… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
You can stick with a few clear-cut values, which are stronger than a multitude of values and will obviously yield a stronger painting. But… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
