Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.

Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.

I tend to like things that already exist.

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.