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

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

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

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.

You can't say I'm going to become a painter in the same way you say I'm going to become a dentist. Or maybe you can nowadays. But it's an endeavor.

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

These days people believe they can go into art and make a living. We didn't have that. The abstract expressionists were older, by the time they even got a show. Now people come right out of school and sell.