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

There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.

I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy again.

The thing that interests me about photography, and why it's different from all other media, is that it's the only medium in which there is even the possibility of an accidental masterpiece.

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities.

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.