I remember on several occasions, either when you came over for a studio visit, or when you were in attendance at an exhibition of mine, you told me, “I hate you,” which was your manner of delivering a compliment. I knew what you really meant was that you saw something recognizably good in the work, and that you found it to be particularly challenging.
All over the country, colleges and universities are holding their graduation exercises. It brings to mind one of the most quoted commencement speeches that was delivered by Steve Jobs of Apple at Stanford University a few years before he died from pancreatic cancer. I never imagined myself delivering a commencement…