I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.

I did some pastels and I did other pieces in which there was just basically one color per square, and then they would get bigger and I could get 2 or 3 colors into the square, and ultimately I just started making oil paintings.

I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine... Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect.

Far more interesting than problem solving is problem creation.

Inspiration is for amateurs.

See, I think our whole society is much too problem-solving oriented. It is far more interesting to participate in 'problem creation'... You know, ask yourself an interesting enough question and your attempt to find a tailor-made solution to that question will push you to a place where, pretty soon, you'll find yourself all by your lonesome - which I think is a more interesting place to be.

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