I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects.

Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.

Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

It's like a little potted history of Australian art.

You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here.