Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel every day. Today you will do what you did yesterday, and tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually you will get somewhere.

I love making art... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

Ive said its a little bit like a magician performing for a convention of magicians... all the magicians in the audience watching this illusion-Do they see the illusion, or do they see the device that made the illusion? Probably they see a little of both.

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.

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.