It always amazes me that just when I think there's nothing left to do in photography and that all permutations and possibilities have been exhausted, someone comes along and puts the medium to new use, and makes it his or her own, yanks it out of this kind of amateur status, and makes it as profound and as moving and as formally interesting as any other medium.

I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.

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

Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will - through work - bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around looking for a great "art idea."

At the same time that I'm finding the color world I want, I'm also trying to make the imagery, you know, by the nature of the strokes themselves.

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

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