The Camera Is Objective. When It Records

Losing My Father At A Tender Age Was Extremely Important In Being Able To Accept What Happened To Me Later When I Became A Quadriplegic.

There's Something Zen-like About The Way I Work - It's Like Raking Gravel In A Zen Buddhist Garden.

The First Thing I Do Is Take Polaroids Of The Sitter - 10 Or 12 Color Polaroids And Eight Or 10 Black-and Whites.

It Doesn't Upset Artists To Find Out That Artists Used Lenses Or Mirrors Or Other Aids, But It Certainly Does Upset The Art Historians.

I Did Some Pastels And I Did Other Pieces In Which There Was Just Basically One Color Per Square, And Then They Would Get Bigger And I Could Get 2 Or 3 Colors Into The Square, And Ultimately I Just Started Making Oil Paintings.