Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.

Everybody's creative. We create our songs and our paintings, our families and our children. Every one of us is on the cutting edge of the future.

Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.

There is so much joy in native culture but so much poverty. It's very disturbing.

Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.

You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail.