Every painting I do blends time frames. The great thing about being an artist is I can make the past join the present in some reality of the future.

A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.

A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.

Each of us is a small part of God's plan. I'm a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God.

I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In some ways, I have looked to his career as a model for my own.

All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs.

Creative experimentation propels our culture forward. That our stories of innovation tend to glorify the breakthroughs and edit out all the experimental mistakes doesn't mean that mistakes play a trivial role. As any artist or scientist knows, without some protected, even sacred space for mistakes, innovation would cease.