Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class.

I learned a lot about the images of pornography and how much they dealt with close-up, when a person is at their most vulnerable and having to reveal details about themselves. I wanted to combine the eternal in two different manners. There is the biological eternal - here is our species reproducing - and then the transparent, spiritual aspect of it.

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

I don't think irony is about judgment; I think irony is something like, "Oh, that's interesting," because it's not something I think one starts off to achieve. I think it's just something that presents itself. And if it does, I find it's usually optimistic, not negative in its terms.

I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.

I like to look at everything and appreciate seeing the different things that have meaning to people.

I think about my work every minute of the day.