Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort of physical space that the paintings occupy...like personages.

You seem to make different concessions with yourself about what you want to focus on or not, and what you want to pay attention to.

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.

I think basically I'm a painter, but I would use anything to make my point.

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 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.

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...