I have painted enough to have a lot of respect for mediocre painters. It's really hard.

Art teachers are always the doormats of the previous generation.

It's possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he's still writing.

My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics.

I have painted enough to have a lot of respect for mediocre painters. It's really hard.

Love and fear, the two strongest emotions we have. It all starts with emotion.

I can do pretty good work in various short forms, but anything over 1400 words, I'd be of no use. I like to say I'm a river navigator. I need to see the shore behind the shore.