I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

If the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff.

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

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

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 frozen evidence of a performance.

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