Helen Van Wyk

You can't get it right, until you make it wrong.

— Helen Van Wyk

I switched to painting with my left hand to be in better company.

— Helen Van Wyk

You're afraid because you're thinking about the end, not about what you're doing.

— Helen Van Wyk

A painting is a collection of a series of corrections.

— Helen Van Wyk

It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.

— Helen Van Wyk

The first thing you see is the last thing you do.

— Helen Van Wyk

If it's all wrong, it's all right.

— Helen Van Wyk

See it in terms of paint. We don't learn subject matter, we learn paint. The musician can play any score that is…

— Helen Van Wyk

I don't look where I'm going, I look where I've been.

— Helen Van Wyk

It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully…

— Helen Van Wyk

Gray is the queen of colors, because she makes everyone else look good.

— Helen Van Wyk