There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

When skateboarding and punk merged, it really became a large teen subculture.

Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It's like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so many years it was very geographic.

I didn't know how to run a business. I was a terrible gallerist, the worst in history, possibly.

Street skating, which is what I grew up with, is completely free of rules. You can do anything. When I see a skater go by, I think, What is this person going to do here? It's the same with people who write, who make music, who draw, who make movies. Creative people tend to have all of those different avenues in them.