Picasso's Always Been Such A Huge Influence

But Usually I Begin Things Through A Drawing, So A Lot Of Things Are Worked Out In The Drawing. But Even Then, I Still Allow For And Want To Make Changes.

Color Is Crucial In Painting, But It Is Very Hard To Talk About. There Is Almost Nothing You Can Say That Holds Up As A Generalization, Because It Depends On Too Many Factors: Size, Modulation, The Rest Of The Field, A Certain Consistency That Color Has With Forms, And The Statement You're Trying To Make.

I Take A Cliche And Try To Organize Its Forms To Make It Monumental. The Difference Is Often Not Great, But It Is Crucial.

There Must Be Something About Art... Almost All Cultures Have Done Art. It's A Refining Of The Senses, Which Are There To Keep Us Alive. As Far As We Know, No Other Animals Do That.

Use The Worst Colour You Can Find In Each Place - It Usually Is The Best.