I love the healthy exchange of information.

I've always worn a hat when I work. I think it also comes from a picture of Rothko I saw with a painter's hat on.

When you're using a long brush, you have your arm at full length. Basically, it exaggerates the movement of your body. But I always start far away and end up really close.

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.

I remember getting out of grad school and coming to New York and not wanting to get a teaching job because I wanted to work on my own, to develop my own ideas. There isn't that time now. Artists are exhibiting while they are still in grad school. There isn't that safety cushion.

I respect all artists, just some more than the others. Because it's something that really needs to be done.

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