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.

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...

There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it's usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home!

Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist.

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.

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

I was always very... impatient about showing my paintings to people.