Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it.

The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality and will lose its 'punch' when topical concerns move on to other interests.

Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it.

The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the atmosphere in a gallery borders on snobbishness.

I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings.

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power.