There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings.

For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings, I made them as an endless series. But I was never serious about it being an endless series. It was just an implied endless series. The theater means you just have to make it look good for that moment in the spotlight.

That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.

There's no possible way you can get what you want.

I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings.