I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.

I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.

I'm from a family of bankers and businessmen, and here I am, the artist, the black sheep.