A work of art is a renewable source of energy.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.