Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

The reason I don't like realist, photorealist, neorealist, or whatever, is that I am as interested in the artificial as I am in the real.

I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

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