Everything I've seen becomes real once it becomes memory. The films I've seen are interchangeable with things that have really happened to me.

The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics.

I don't think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes.

I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that's what I spent most of my time doing.

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.

I see paintings everywhere. I look at stuff and it looks like painting to me.

Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.