A number of artists have done things with Mickey Mouse - including Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. He's such an American symbol, and such an anti-art symbol.

Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I dont really want it to carry one. Im not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.

Outside is the world; it's there. Pop Art looks out into the world.

I dont have big anxieties. I wish I did. Id be much more interesting.

When I met Steve Kaufman, I thought he was Gene Simmons, but what an artist talent he is. He will be an art force in the art world to deal with.

Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this.

Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.