I think there has to be an interesting transformative process between your perception of reality and making the paintings. If you are just trying to ….

Some of the pictures are truly mysterious to me.. which is why I so often say publicly that I don't know or don't care what they're really about. And….

I think artists almost always end up turning to what's around them, what's in their environment or outside their window..

The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because I don't know how to analyse him. I ….

You build up a head of steam. If you're four days out of the studio, on the fifth day you really crash in there. You will kill anybody who disturbs y….

Most of my painting is done sitting in a chair with a book. I'd say it's 80 per cent sitting and reading, 10 per cent eating and ten per cent paintin….

Sometimes the painting starts to relate very directly to either sights seen or experiences felt, other times it just goes off on a tangent that you r….

I think I care about beauty, but I don't go for it. I hope it sometimes might be in there. I think, maybe, more in terms of a beautiful moment than t….

The paintings are like prayers, relating to wishing for something beyond everyday life..

I started to try to be a colorist, although secretly thinking of myself as somewhat of a black and whiteist..

I can say that paintings are prayers, they have to do with anything that makes you wish for more that what everyday life provides..