I think that if you can turn off the mind and look only with the eyes, ultimately everything becomes abstract.

The form of my painting is the content. My work is made of single or multiple panels: rectangle, curved, or square. I am less interested in marks on the panels than the 'presence' of the panels themselves. In Red Yellow Blue III the square panels present color. It was made to exist forever in the present; it is an idea and can be repeated anytime in the future.

The paintings to me are always canvas, sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood also.

My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.

Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading.

I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.