My Work Is Not About My Life

I've Always Felt That If One Was Going To Take Seriously This Vocation As An Artist, You Have To Get Beyond That Decorative Facade

What Interests Me Is The Sense Of The Darkness That We Carry Within Us, The Darkness That's Akin To One Of The Principal Subjects Of The Sublime - Terror

What One Does In The Studio Is To Pose A Series Of Problems To Oneself. I've Got To Look For Some Deeper Meaning, For Some Reason For This Thing To Be In The World. There's Enough Stuff In The World.

One Must Not Believe Any Of Those Mythologies About Oneself As An Artist

One Does Afford Oneself The Luxury To Come Into The Studio And All Day, Every Day, Spend One's Life Making Aesthetic Propositions. What An Immense Luxury