Losing My Father At A Tender Age

Having A Routine, Knowing What To Do, Gives Me A Sense Of Freedom And Keeps Me From Going Crazy. It's Calming.

I Am Going For A Level Of Perfection That Is Only Mine... Most Of The Pleasure Is In Getting The Last Little Piece Perfect.

When You Come Up In The Art World, Whatevers In The Air, The Issues Of The Moment, End Up Becoming Part Of The Working Method Or Modus Operandi Of How You Think About Doing A Painting. And I Came Up At A Time When-actually Painting Was Dead When I Came Up. Sculpture Sort Of Ruled.

I Wanted To Translate From One Flat Surface To Another.in Fact, My Learning Disabilities Controlled A Lot Of Things. I Don't Recognize Faces, So I'm Sure It's What Drove Me To Portraits In The First Place.

It Doesn't Upset Artists To Find Out That Artists Used Lenses Or Mirrors Or Other Aids, But It Certainly Does Upset The Art Historians.