A lot of times maturing as an artist is just starting to do the things you like to do.

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

I think what I do is find a cliché and try to believe in it, try to get to where I don't laugh at it.

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.

You have to like everything that you're painting. Maybe on a narrative level it seems harsh... but I like everything in all my paintings. It's as if you need to be less intelligent at that level.

It wasn't really until after I got out of art school that I realized that I'd been doing that sort of for the audience, for that context. Somehow, being alone in the room, it made no sense at all to make those kinds of paintings.

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