I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.

The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually.

I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard.

All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.

It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes.

I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.

Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it.