What makes everything one is the style.

You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse.

Most important, for openers, work six hours a day, seven days a week for six years. Then if you like it you can get serious about it.

Sometimes it takes me days or weeks to get something clear in my head on what I want to do. Everything is in steps. One thing leads to another.

I use the iPhone now for information. But with selfies, I don't know what those people are doing. It's like they believe what they see is real, even with the [filters]. And God bless them! But to me, it's not a self-portrait, it's a reality project.

I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out.

Actually, you want to go into an area where you're frightened. Otherwise, you're just going to be repainting beautiful paintings, but a little duller each time.