Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.

I think it's your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around.

We need to not be scared [of muslim], but understand each other. When you're around these people, you see they have much more in common than their differences.

You can't have a good bullfight without a good bull.

A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when things suddenly affect the painting. I mix up this red and it affects the whole painting or this little bit of white falls down there, and something changes the whole nature of the thing. The residue on what happens, that's what's in the paintings.

What's interesting about making art is that you take everything you know about it and you bring it up to that point, and you start making a physical thing that addresses what that is. And when you do it, you don't know anything about it - if it's going to work or not work.