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

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.

I discovered about 150 dots is the minimum number of dots to make a specific recognizable person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won't be able to give much information about who it is.

In life you can be dealt a winning hand of cards and you can find a way to lose, and you can be dealt a losing hand and find a way to win. True in art and true in life: you pretty much make your own destiny. If you are by nature an optimistic person, which I am, that puts you in a better position to be lucky in life.

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been.