I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

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 think the nice thing about showing work in New York is that other artists come to see it. When you show work in Switzerland or somewhere else, everywhere else seems to be the provinces in a certain way. You wonder what your paintings are doing on the walls and you wonder who's looking at them.

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

I'm not saying I'm the only Jewish person who cares about Palestinian people, but unfortunately, their voices are not necessarily heard as loudly as they should be.

We need to not be scared [of muslim], but understand each other. When you're around these people, you see they have much more in common than their differences.

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