Drawing Is A Way For Me To

As A Kid Growing Up In The 1950s I Became Acutely Aware Of The Changes Taking Place In American Culture And I Must Say I Didn't Much Like It. I Witnessed The Debasement Of Architecture, And I Could See A Decline In The Quality Of Things Like Comic Books And Toys, Things Made For Kids. Old Things Seemed To Have More Life, More Substance, More Humanity In Them.

The Work Itself Is What Motivates Me. I Like My Own Stuff, You Know? I Like The Way It Looks. I Do It To Please Myself First.

They Can Buy Talent. You Can't Buy It For Yourself, But You Can Buy Other People's Talent To Serve Your Purposes. And Once An Artist Does That, He Becomes Like A Plaything Of The Rich.

The French Hold Onto Their Traditions. I Was Always So Alienated In America. My Work Was This Constant Reaction To That.

Drawing Is A Way For Me To Articulate Things Inside Myself That I Can't Otherwise Grasp.