"It was the eyes that did it. [timid giggle] I liked the way he painted eyes and he liked mine."

"M, you see, is four, and D is four too, and H is eight, and four and four and eight are sixteen, which is made up of …"

"I had just announced for the first time publicly on a radio show in San Francisco that I had done all the Keane paint…"

"I'd have to lock the door of the paint room. He wouldn't allow anyone in. I was like a prisoner."

"Gradually it dawned on me that I was painting my own inner emotions. Those children were asking: "Why are we here? Wh…"

"A lot of art today doesn't convey much hope, and I hope mine does. I try to paint what I think the future holds and m…"

"The older I get, the brighter colours I live. But in the past, they were dark, dingy, sad colours."

"He'd threatened me so many times. I thought he was so crazy he could hire a hit man to come get me anytime."

"Walter was extremely charming. He could charm anybody, especially women."

"Children do have big eyes. When I'm doing a portrait, the eyes are the most expressive part of the face. And they jus…"