I'm interested in art that addresses itself to our higher aspirations. That's why I can't do figurative painting -- I think figurative painting's ultimately trivial now. It's almost humanism and no form ... Abstraction's the art of our age ... it's a breaking down of certain structures, an opening up. It allows you to think without making oppressively specific references, so that the viewer is free to identify with the work. Abstract art has the possibility of being incredibly generous, really out there for everybody. It's a non-denominational religious art. I think it's the spiritual art of our time.

- Sean Scully