I'm not trying to be a finger-wagger at society. I sort of start with myself.

I think it's important to make art that is not that easily absorbable, that is a challenge to the authorities.

If you don't have your unconscious working for you, you're really out of luck as an artist.

I think one important thing that happens in the studio is accepting yourself as the enemy and painting from that point of view. So instead of pointing the finger outward and passing judgment, instead, you start with yourself as your own worst enemy.

I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If you ever spend a good amount of time there, you realize there are people who spend the entire day there. They're bookish homeless people.

Sometimes audiences love you because they get to boo you.

I think great art goes beyond the control of the artist. In some ways, art often makes itself and reveals things about that artist that maybe the artist is not fully conscious of.