I did some pastels and I did other pieces in which there was just basically one color per square, and then they would get bigger and I could get 2 or 3 colors into the square, and ultimately I just started making oil paintings.

Inspiration is for amateurs.

I'm very interested in how we read things, especially the link between seeing two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, because of how I read.

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow.

I have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.

I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.

The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter - 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites.