Being happy is more important than anything else.
It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do them.
Ensure that your life stays in flux.
I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.
Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance
I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit.