My work is too literal, my practice too controlled. Perhaps part of this is the start-stop nature of my working time. Most likely, that's a justification. I am going to make a series of pieces for no reason other than their creation.

It has always been, and continues to be, the case that I am afraid of failure.


Cecily Brown, Lagoon 2004


I've let the image take over the canvas, when in fact the WHOLE POINT is that the image means nothing. But I've never been a 'painterly' or expressive painter.

Hello, wall, my old friend. Can I beat my head against you one last time?