At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery.

Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar.

It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion.

Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.

I don't think that there is anything that is really magical unless it has a terrifying quality.

I think one's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. I see no reason for painting but that. If I have anything to offer, it is my emotional contact with the place where I live and the people I do.

I don't really have studios. I wander around - around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me.