I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life.
I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
The more I paint the more I like everything.
If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored.
I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
I start a picture and I finish it.