I suppose the good artists, the righteous artists, somehow manage to be exuberant, and the embarrassed artist has this idea that everybody has to stop being so excited, which I find so distasteful.

That was an important development for me, just realizing that you need to follow your pleasure, at least as a painter. I think any kind of artist needs to, no matter what you're doing.

I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you.

A lot of the acting students would do modeling in the arts school, so there were some gorgeous girls, but the cliché in our school was to get either the really emaciated person or the really obese person - which is stupid.

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

A lot of times maturing as an artist is just starting to do the things you like to do.

There's nothing worse than people talking about theories and humor.