I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine... Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect.

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

I love making art... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another.In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.

Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print.

When you come up in the art world, whatevers in the air, the issues of the moment, end up becoming part of the working method or modus operandi of how you think about doing a painting. And I came up at a time when-actually painting was dead when I came up. Sculpture sort of ruled.