I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.

You see what you know!

I had to find a way to paint abstractly, which is what I wanted to do. I couldn't forget Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, I mean that was the basis.

Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.

I like real art. It's difficult to define 'real' but it is the best word for describing what I like to get out of art and what the best art has. It has the ability to convince you that it's present - that it's there. You could say it's authentic... but real is actually a better word, broad as it may be.

The aim of art is to create space.

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters.