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

I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.

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

I'd always wanted to know the difference between a mark that was art and one that wasn't.

I'm never drawing the object itself; I'm only drawing a depiction of the object - a kind of crystallized symbol of it.

Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it.

Usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes. I kind of do the drawing with the painting in mind, but it's very hard to guess at a size or a color and the colors around it and what it will really look like. It's only a guess at the beginning, and then I try to refine it.