19 Quotes by Robert Bateman

Blackwater USA has already taken in more than $1 billion from the public coffers. All in all, that’s not a bad take for Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater and a Naval Academy dropout who served less time under the colors of the nation, in uniform, than my most recent pair of boots.

Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.

My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we’ve travelled, and by Canadian Haida pieces. My own art is either on exhibition or owned by other people!

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

I’ve never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.

In art and science we are now in a delta, at the end of the long flow of progress. In a delta there is no clear direction but there may be many choices. The best we can do is to enjoy the choices that we have and to be genuinely and creatively eclectic.

In our instant pudding world, everything is sweet, smooth, very convenient and fast. There are lots of assorted flavors, but they’re all artificial.

I prefer to hike in nature, give lectures, or be with family when not working.

To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary.