I think people who make objects like the distance; they're not there when the other person is taking it in.

If you worry about how good the art is, you're never going to make your own art.

There's actually a disdain for the conversation about audience in the art world. Artist to artist, if you say, "What do you think about audience?" they would probably say, "I don't think about audience, I only think about my work," yet the audience is such an important part.

Connecting to something keeps our empathy alive.

I think people who make objects like the distance; they're not there when the other person is taking it in.

Nudity is a problem for Americans. It disrupts our social exchange.

The saying "the business of art is different than the purpose of art" makes sense, and what are you going to do about that? You have some obligation to get the work out there, you believe in it enough that it should be out in the public, but of course it goes through a system that takes it pretty far away from the reasons you made them.