What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.

Don't worry about doing research. Just search.

The biggest task in the morning is to try to keep my headspace from being invaded by the outside world.

The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect things that they really love.

If you ever find you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.

You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.

You can't find your voice if you don't use it.