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.

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

Being an artist is very independent thinking, although there's always going to be a lot of doubt.

I love the healthy exchange of information.

Every time I open the paper, there's some symphony orchestra collapsing somewhere in the United States. What the hell is going on? And then you find out that the board members try to run these things as businesses.