A lot of young painters love to incorporate celebrity. One idea of being a painter is to use what's happening at the time. Velázquez was painting of his time. And so was Rembrandt. And Francis Bacon was painting his time in London. He was a real mover, but he saw the insect in the rose. But yes, when I do a painting, I want to take the "I did this" out of it. That's why I started using chance, like the markings on the wood. I never wanted to compose.

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

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

My forms are geometric, but they don't interact in a geometric sense. They're just forms that exist everywhere, even if you don't see them.

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

In drawing, I don't erase. I believe the original gesture has to be the best.

Photography isolates the world via an aperture and gives the photographer the means to see differently, to achieve a spontaneous vision that is direct and uncompromising.