Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

After a few days in hospital, I was thinking, Oh, gee - I raised in a church, Protestant upbringing which I'd rejected as an adult - I'm lying in bed thinking, Hmmm, maybe I ought to pray. They always say there are no atheists in a foxhole... and I thought, Here I am in a pretty good-sized foxhole... and I thought Naahhh. I wouldn't respect any God who would listen to me after I'd rejected him so vociferously.

Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print.

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

You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.

Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

Every child should have a chance to feel special.