I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you.

I'd like to get the sex thing over with, but I realized I'm not done with it. You should never will a change in your work - you have to work an idea to death. I often find that the best things happen when you're near the end.

I think a big problem with art school is that it makes people feel like they have to be interested in everything that's of high quality.

I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you.

A painting of any quality is always going to have nerdy energy, an affirmation behind it. It's gonna be like a kid playing a video game.

I suppose the good artists, the righteous artists, somehow manage to be exuberant, and the embarrassed artist has this idea that everybody has to stop being so excited, which I find so distasteful.

Your style is who you are when you’re not trying to be clever or better than you actually are.