"I do all my paintings in the nude. This imparts an unusual vulnerability to my work. I am especially vulnerable when painting this way in the winter." 
 
"I destroy all my paintings every year ('Deconstruction'). I find that this is the only way I can gain 'Artistic Renewal.' Storage is also a problem."

"I traveled extensively in europe in the 1950s, where I was struck by baroque sculpture."

"Not many people know that I invented the phrase 'Please Be Kind -- Rewind.'"