The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there.

The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter is there.

Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another.

More important than having a romance with the object that I'm drawing, is to have a romance with the mark that I am making.

My life is really a history of observing forms and taking in imagery. I don't mean in a photographic way, I mean in a way of feeling them structurally.

I work every day. I work all day. I've never had a holiday. It's all I really want to do. It's what I'm here for. . . . More and more, I'm just so grateful I was born an artist.

My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as clearly as I can.