All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been.

Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

Paintings can make you cry and it's just **colored dirt**.

I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

Far more interesting than problem solving is problem creation.