As with genius, surrealist painters are born and not made

Interpretation, and subsequent appreciation, of a surreal work of art requires the partial abandonment of the normal processes of civilised reasoning, an innate attraction to the abnormal,  the willing acceptance that one is being confronted by the inexplicable workings of the abstract mind, and considerable patience

Picasso is alleged to have said that "It took me ninety years to learn how to paint like a child."  I did it in three ... 

Contradiction is a surrealist's middle name, which cannot be changed by deed poll

Sincerity in much of modern painting is non-existent, and should be categorised (with sympathetic apologies to many of its popular exponents and adherents) as dormant art

Art has come a long way since the competitive intervention of the camera