You begin with the possibilities of the material.

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it.

Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was boring.

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.

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made - I try to act in the gap.

An empty canvas is full.

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