“Keith composes in an amazing way. I mean, it’s as if he dashes the painting off – which in a way he does – but it takes enormous control, ability, talent, and skill to make works that become whole paintings. They’re not just arbitrary writings. He really has a terrific eye! And he doesn’t go back and correct – this is in itself amazing – and his compositions are of a very high level. And he has such wit! His figures are just wonderful – the baby, the dog. I suppose Keith looked at our Pop Art – our cartoon figures – and realized they could be a part of art. Of course, he and I come out of very different backgrounds. I mean, Keith comes out of that whole graffiti school, while I was heavily into Abstract Expressionism. But then, I made a break, and Andy Warhol did too. Of course, the idea of doing cartoons is still something I feel isn’t completely accepted. Critical opinion still goes that way. I mean, it doesn’t seem intellectual enough, it doesn’t seem anguished enough. Criticism of Haring is very much the same. What I like best about Haring’s work is that when he’s finished a piece, there’s nothing you could think of that you’d want to change. Even if he did something all at once without standing back and changing anything – there just isn’t a false move. It’s all so beautifully drawn – and there’s such a sense of relatedness. The stuff is beautiful! He’s really done some gorgeous things!”