It's a great idea: to feel the rhythm of something by seeing how it flows on a page.

I said to myself, "If the government thinks I'm an artist, I must be one."

At a lecture, a guy said to me, "You know, when I look at your work, I don't know what I'm looking at, but when I look at a Willem de Kooning painting, I know what that is." I said, "Well, the paintings I'm doing have a very legible sentence at the top of the canvas." At a lecture, a guy said to me, "You know, when I look at your work, I don't know what I'm looking at, but when I look at a de Kooning painting, I know what that is." I said, "Well, the paintings I'm doing have a very legible sentence at the top of the canvas."

There's a kind of slowness and inefficiency about rendering text in paint. We're in a world that's very fast, so things that slow you for a minute-give you pause-are good.

Like any artwork, things become richer if you know more about them; but I don't think that's crucial.

Paint is a very sensual material. It's lovely to work with and lovely to look at.

It's a great idea: to feel the rhythm of something by seeing how it flows on a page.