It's wonderful to make a lot of money, to be able to take care of my family, to have the facilities I have and really support the people the studio's involved with. But at the end of the day I'm quite simple as an artist-it's really about the power of art.

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

A lot of my work is about sales. And it was about being independent from the art market.

When I view the world, I don't think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together.

I'd have to say I've become more aware of my communal responsibility.

Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you've given up control.

My favorite activity is to be with my family.