I wouldn't consider myself an outsider artist because I have a university degree in painting.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.

I had always loved Joseph Cornell and wanted to do something with dioramas.

I made a tin man costume with tin foil and furnace parts because I thought it would help me be more heartless.

The muted color scheme allows the occasional brighter yellow or red to pop out on the wall in a show, which I like.

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

I'm not a trained dancer in the slightest.

The process of the body changing and making a whole human fascinates me.

I like all kinds of music but some of my all time favorites are P.I.L., Yoko Ono, T-Rex, and Anton Karas.

When I was a school kid I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing, I would make my own comics about my teddy bear whose name happened to be Ted.

Two is not greater than three, even for extremely large values of two.

Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.

So many people complain that there aren't enough Latinos on television, and yet when they are, they need support.

Praying without faith is like trying to cut with a blunt knife - much labor expended to little purpose.

There are different paths that one can pursue as a painter. I work with the thesis that I have not as yet reached my goal. This engagement is the necessary basis from which I plan new paintings.

These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.

Never had a cup of coffee in my life. Dr Pepper is my caffeine delivery system of choice.

Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.

When people ask me my influences and I'm like, "nobody" they're like, "there has to be somebody." People seem to think you have to have an influence.