I don't know if I could, like, see a face and know what the face of beauty looks like, but after I've seen it I know if I've felt like it was beauty.

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

Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can't bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain some level of comfort.

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it...

I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists.

If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else's, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall.

I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in that way on the viewer.