Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder.

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.

I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.

I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead.

Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.