Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.

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.

Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience.

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

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

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

It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians.