I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious.

There were some types of sanctions that happen in the public world that made my work acceptable, where someone looks at the paintings and they don't - they may go, "okay," and then look at it in a different sort of way. Instead of just looking at it as some type of wild art, they look at it in a historical perspective or context.

I think, basically, I'm an abstract artist. I just think that that's not even an issue. I think everything's abstract.

I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful.

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

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

I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be.