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

If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

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

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

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.

Once I started working with the Polaroid, I would take a shot and if that shot was good, then I'd move the model and change the lighting or whatever... slowly sneaking up on what I wanted rather than having to predetermine what it was.