I've Not Been Cursed With Talent, Which

There's A Moment For Everyone When You Fall Into Your Own Shadow And The Fact Is That It's Your Shadow And You're Forced To Live In It. And This Is Nothing To Celebrate Or Not Celebrate. It Simply Is.

And I Think That Even Today, New York Still Has More Of This Unexpected Quality Around Every Corner Than Any Place Else. It's Something Quite Extraordinary

This Was My First Encounter With Art As Art (he Saw 'pinky' Painted By Sir Thomas Lawrence And 'the Blue Boy" Painted By Thomas Gainborough).. ..somebody Actually Made Those Paintings.. ..(it) Was The First Time I Realized You Could Be An Artist.

I Want My Paintings To Look Like What's Going On Outside My Window Rather Than What's Inside My Studio.

There Was A Whole Language That I Could Never Make Function For Myself; It Revolved Around Words Like 'tortured', 'struggle'. 'pain'.. .i Could Never See These Qualities In Paint - I Could See Them In Life And Art That Illustrates Life. But I Could Not See Such Conflicts In The Materials And I Knew That It Had To Be In The Attitude Of The Painter.