All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can see the whole idea without any confusion…What you see is what you see.

I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.

What you see is what you see.

I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall.

You see what you know!

But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.

Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.

A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere.

The aim of art is to create space.

I'm more of a house painter.That's the way I work.

There's a lot of difference between being well known and being notorious and the black paintings didn't make me well known - they made me notorious.

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

The best way to check what you want is to first imagine that you have nothing and then check if the thing you want really matters to you. Your priorities would change

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Silene, who declines The garish noontide's blazing light; But when the evening crescent shines, Gives all her sweetness to the night.

My style is quite clean, vintage, and almost French in a way.

Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don't have a monopoly on the truth.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christ-like characteristics.

That's stupid, that's bias.. they lied, they don't wanna gift credit for anything

Love is, to be loved,” said Alexander, “in return.