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That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.

You know, I just don't believe that art is supposed to make sense. I really don't think it's supposed to be analyzed to death. It's left to the listener or looker to get what they can get from it.

People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart.

I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It's much easier to get near their paintings.

I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one.