I absolutely hate technology, and I'm computer illiterate, and I never use any labor-saving devices although I'm not convinced that a computer is a labor-saving device.

Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will - through work - bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around looking for a great "art idea."

In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

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

All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

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.