All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.

It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.

At the same time that I'm finding the color world I want, I'm also trying to make the imagery, you know, by the nature of the strokes themselves.

Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

Like any corporation, I have the benefit of the brainpower of everyone who is working for me. It all ends up being my work, the corporate me, but everyone extends ideas and comes up with suggestions.

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.