I wonder whether there is such a thing as critical art. I suppose there are portraits of people who could destroy you.

I think what I do is find a cliché and try to believe in it, try to get to where I don't laugh at it.

There is, literally and figuratively, not a gold standard. That's almost as big a problem in art as in the financial world. How do you affix a value to something that only has value because a certain number of people agree to believe in that value?

Instead of last man standing, it'll be last man smiling.

Just don't do things that depress you. I realized if it depresses me, then I just don't want to get close to it. If it brings me down, I just really can't get into it.

I think a big problem with art school is that it makes people feel like they have to be interested in everything that's of high quality.

Culture is for old people. When you're young you have your body, and that's all you need.