The First Thing I Do Is Take

The Advice I Like To Give Young Artists, Or Really Anybody Who’ll Listen To Me, Is Not To Wait Around For Inspiration. Inspiration Is For Amateurs; The Rest Of Us Just Show Up And Get To Work.

I Absolutely Hate Technology, And I'm Computer Illiterate, And I Never Use Any Labor-saving Devices Although I'm Not Convinced That A Computer Is A Labor-saving Device.

At The Same Time That I'm Finding The Color World I Want, I'm Also Trying To Make The Imagery, You Know, By The Nature Of The Strokes Themselves.

Never Let Anyone Define What You Are Capable Of By Using Parameters That Don’t Apply To You.

Losing My Father At A Tender Age Was Extremely Important In Being Able To Accept What Happened To Me Later When I Became A Quadriplegic.