“My father was very much into gardening, planting trees, walking in the woods, being with nature. He used to build beautiful drystone walls. I used to explain my painting to him by saying, “You build dry stone walls and everything has to fit together in order for it to stand, and I make paintings, and everything has to fit together in order for it to stand.” – Advice from Brice Marden 1991
“Arthur Boyd once said to me, ‘Pick out the best two things you make every year and never let them go. They’ll consume all the flesh and leave you with your bones. Lloyd [Rees] should have kept The Road to Berry.” – Advice received from Brett Whiteley 1985
“People would complain that the plates on my paintings would fall off and I’d tell them, “Use Bondo to glue them back up. I’m making art, not automobile parts.” – Conversation with Julian Schnabel London 1988