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

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.

I'm not mannerist. I don't think I'm interested in mannerism. If I ever use it in a way, or if manner is like some kind of product of certain sorts of usage of different kinds of materials, then it's about involution or turning in on that.

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 the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes.

I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else.

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