I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it’s something fantastic. They’re willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy. Even if they know it’s fake they can believe anything. People are accustomed to being told what to believe in.

I can be fearlessly strong at times to protect an inner frailty.

I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don’t even know until I see it.

Dreamers are those who have achieved in love and life, because it is a dream that got them there.

I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.

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

I'd never even thought about compromise when I worked in my studio. The major distinction is in the priority of who I ultimately wanted to please: myself or the audience.