See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality.

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.

I grew up in Pennsylvania in a small town. Real small, like one high school and one movie theater. Well, there was a state college there, that was the only good thing about it.

When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That's what it's all about.

I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.

Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.

See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality.