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.

Pop Art is industrial painting. I think the meaning of my work is that it is industrial, it's what all the world will soon become. Europe will be the same way, soon, it won't be American; it will be universal.

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?

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.

Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about. There is almost nothing you can say that holds up as a generalization, because it depends on too many factors: size, modulation, the rest of the field, a certain consistency that color has with forms, and the statement you're trying to make.

My work isn't about form. It's about seeing. I'm excited about seeing things, and I'm interested in the way I think other people see things.