I'm always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before.

Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.

I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.

History is remembered by its art, not its war machines.

We are attacked by radio and television and visual communication at such speed and with such force that painting seems very old fashioned ...why shouldn't it be done with that power and gusto [of advertising], with that impact.

In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself.

It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means.