Photography is the most direct communication in non-violent contacts.

Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself; it revolved around words like 'tortured', 'struggle'. 'pain'.. .I could never see these qualities in paint - I could see them in life and art that illustrates life. But I could not see such conflicts in the materials and I knew that it had to be in the attitude of the painter.

I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.

I feel strong in my belief, based on my widely traveled collaborations, that a one-to-one contact through art contains potent peaceful powers, and is the most non-elitist way to share information, hopefully seducing us into creating mutual understandings for the benefit of all.

I like photographs of anything uninteresting. Maybe just two doors on a wall... The point is to be uninteresting.

You can't make either life or art, you have to work in the hole in between, which is undefined. That's what makes the adventure of painting.