I think that once you're able to sort of get in line with who and how you relate to the world, you'll become closer to this index that I'm referring ….

You know, the process, I think, is the story. And it goes back, again, to what I said about chance and about radical contingency, the idea that all o….

There is a political and racial context behind everything that I do. Not always because I design it that way, or because I want it that way, but rath….

At the same time I really enjoy painting flesh..

I pay my models to work with me, so there becomes this weird sort of economic bartering thing, which made me feel really sort of uncomfortable, almos….

The expectations of the viewer are what you're asking about. And the expectations of the viewer are manifold. However, they are very fixed, given who….

That's the trouble with, I think, my - the contemporary read of my work. So many people just simply say, "These are pretty pictures of black boys." T….

A realization and a dissection of the canon gave rise to the work. But there's also a sneaking suspicion of the canon..

I believe the artist is capable of contributing to the broader evolution of culture in all of its dimensions..

Joseph Gotto, yeah. Just all-around one of the more inspiring artists - not because of any sort of specific content direction, but rather the respect….

You'll find that street casting in America is a lot different than street casting in different nations..

He [Michael Jackson] would choose specific moments. They were art history books that I prefer. They were paintings that he prefers. It's this dance b….

If I have the same plan to go into the streets, find random strangers, use art-historical referent from their - from the specific location, to use de….

My paintings at their best take that vocabulary and attempt to transpose that into a form that gives respect not only to the history of painting but ….

I think didactic art is boring. I mean, I love it in terms of, like, some of the historical precedents that I've learned from. You needed that. We ne….

I happen to be a twin. I grew up half of my life with someone who looks and sounds like me. And I believe it's possible to hold twin desires in your ….

This is something that, as artists, we constantly deal with-throwing away the past, slaying the father, and creating the new. This desire to throw aw….

What's great about it is that painting doesn't move. And so in the 21st century, when we're used to clicking and browsing and having constant choice,….

Almost as though the painting itself becomes the embodiment of a type of struggle for visibility, and this might be considered the main subject of th….

In America, there's this type of expectation of just-add-water celebrity, this type of, "Of course you found me; we're all going to be famous for 15 ….

After high school I went to the San Francisco Art Institute, and I began a formalized art education where we went through the history of art but we a….