If the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff.
Like any corporation, I have the benefit of the brainpower of everyone who is working for me. It all ends up being my work, the corporate me, but everyone extends ideas and comes up with suggestions.
The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter – 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites.
Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they’re very narrow.
Of all the artists who emerged in the ’80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.
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.
It’s always a pleasure to talk about someone else’s work.
In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.
I’m very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I’m doing.
I’m very interested in how we read things, especially the link between seeing two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, because of how I read.
I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.
I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have.
I only have so much time and energy and money, and I’m going to put it into my work.
I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven’t – if I’ve just met somebody, it’s hopeless.
Every child should have a chance to feel special.
Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las Vegas.
A photograph doesn’t gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It’s frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it’s just phenomenal. There’s also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities.
What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.