Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.

California is always in my mind.

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.

I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old.

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.

I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.

My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.