The visual arts will one day be king. The pop stars and celebrities soon to be forgotten.

Before, I could only guess of who I was. Now, thanks to my art, I know who I am

(...) photography opened up quite a little Pandora's box, kiddies. (...) Once we no longer had to depend on drawing and painting to record our existence — once they became an option — they mutated . . . into a form of expression. And Art for its own sake, God help us, was born.

I look for ambiguity because life is ambiguous!

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.

It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique is secondary. Sometimes the simple is the most difficult.