You Can't Take Yourself Too Seriously.

Imagination Comes Of Not Having Things.

The Big Shock Of My Life Was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, De Kooning, Those Guys. It Changed My Work. I Was An Academically Trained Student, And Suddenly You Could Pour Paint, Smear It On, Broom It On!

It Has Been Difficult To Hold Onto Many Paintings But I Have Retained A Few.

I Always Stayed In Tune With My Own Ambitions And Attitudes And I'm Still My Intractable Old Self, For Better Or Worse.

I've Got The Public. I Don't Care About The Critics. I Did At One Time. I Don't Any More. I Did When I Needed Compliments. But If You Get A Lot Of Compliments, You Don't Need A Critic To Tell You, 'this Should Be Done Another Way.'