The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.

I'm always careful to say that I changed everything I found.

Judson Church was a very important place because they believed in art. They also took care of drug addicts. Without the Judson, nothing could have happened.

The sexual is part of everything, and it's highly formalized. I hadn't done figure for a long time. And I thought to myself, "Why not the erotic figure?"

My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.

I started to draw buildings. I called them Proposed Colossal Monuments - they weren't for real, not for actual building. It was more a critique of architecture.