I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting, and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain.

While my classmates were reading their textbooks, I drew in the margins.

Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.

For me there is no difference between art and life.

I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they're surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place