“I love my old paintings as postulates as fresh starting points but I have to destroy them. I have to make a new manifesto.”

“I intend to destroy, destroy everything that exists in painting. I have utter contempt for painting.”

“But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new -- that's my point.”

“I'd tried normal and I'd failed at it. Me... a failure. Unlike the ACT, I couldn't retake this part of my life and erase an unpleasant score. There was no blank canvas to start a new painting or sketch pad for a fresh drawing.”

“I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.”

“I collect new books the way my friends collect designer handbags. Sometimes, I just like to know I have them and actually reading them is beside the point. Not that I don't eventually end up reading them. I do. But the mere act of buying them makes me happy.”