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.

From my point of view, photography never got any better than it was in 1840.

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

I build a painting by putting little marks together-some look like hot dogs, some like doughnuts.

If the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff.

Ive said its a little bit like a magician performing for a convention of magicians... all the magicians in the audience watching this illusion-Do they see the illusion, or do they see the device that made the illusion? Probably they see a little of both.

Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.