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I Knew From The Age Of Five What I Wanted To Do. The One Thing I Could Do Was Draw. I Couldn't Draw That Much Better Than Some Of The Other Kids, But I Cared More And I Wanted It Badly.

Neurologically, I'm A Quadriplegic, So Virtually Everything About My Work Has Been Driven By My Learning Disabilities, Which Are Quite Severe, And My Lack Of Facial Recognition, Which I'm Sure Is What Drove Me To Paint Portraits In The First Place.

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.

You Know, The Way Art History Is Taught, Often There's Nothing That Tells You Why The Painting Is Great. The Description Of A Lousy Painting And The Description Of A Great Painting Will Very Much Sound The Same.

All The Fingerprint Paintings Are Done Without A Grid.