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

There is no beauty, if it doesn't show some of the terribleness of life.

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.

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

The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And then eventually it ends up at auction. And then critics say, 'Oh, that's a bad drawing!' Well, I didn't say it was so wonderful.

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.

My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information.