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

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

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.

Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought for a while that it was going to be the major movement. But people always drift back to realism. I guess there is a certain security in that.

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

I love the idea of hitchhiking into the city. It was bizarre.

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