I think abstraction is a very rich area. And it is upsetting that people seem to have some fear of it. I'm constantly making these statements about how you should just look at it and react to it on your own; just relax and let go.

Holding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing.

I'm very much involved with Asian art and its theory and practice, mainly Chinese because that was quite sophisticated. I tend to look at that more than I look the Western.

In this kind of super-capitalistic society, everything is turned into money. And one of the great things about art is it isn't worth anything. It's absolutely free. It's going to get made no matter what.

I smoke pot when I work. I take a couple of tokes before I start. It just loosens you up.

I'm an abstract painter not just for myself, but because I really believe in abstraction.

I don't remember any dream. All I remember is waking up and feeling that there had been a change while I was sleeping.