Walter Askin, The Four Seasons, 2000, acrylic on paper

“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.” -- Mark van Doren

Walter Askin
The Four Seasons, 2000, acrylic on paper

“What can we do today that has any kind of meaning and value? We can search for a means to escape from conventions, from ordinariness, and from the limitations of everyday existence. We can learn to play again, to not know what we are looking for, to break through the ice of habit.” --Walter Askin