The reason I don't like realist, photorealist, neorealist, or whatever, is that I am as interested in the artificial as I am in the real.

The reason I don't like realist, photorealist, neorealist, or whatever, is that I am as interested in the artificial as I am in the real.

Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.

I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.

Art saved my life in two ways. It made me feel special, because I could do things my friends couldn't, but it also gave me a way to demonstrate to my teacher that, despite the fact that I couldn't write a paper or do math, I was paying attention.

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