What a funny thing painting is. The abstract painters always insist on their connection with the visible reality, while the so called figurative artists insist that what they really care about, is the abstract qualities of life.

Painting doesn't freeze time. It circulates and recycles time like a wheel that turns. Those who were first might well be last. Painting is a very slow art. It doesn't travel with the speed of light. That's why dead painters shine so bright.

I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.

I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me.

I think I am probably a lot like my father.

I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.

I'm always so sick of myself after a show.