Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

I first had no interest in figuration whatsoever.

The point of art is that it always has the necessity to expand because people are inherently expanding.

When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York.

It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual world.

It's just disgusting that in this society, the majority of students in art school are women, but they amount to less than 30% of what is shown in museums. That has not changed radically.