Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

Traveling to Europe and traveling in the U.S.A. was a much different experience. 'On the Road' exemplified everything glamorous that was happening on this side of the planet. The book puts off some kind of sweet melody - part hope for the world, part nostalgic.

I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.

I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of pictures you want to make.

I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A.

The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life.

Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to ‘Wow! Huh?'