I think the nice thing about showing work in New York is that other artists come to see it. When you show work in Switzerland or somewhere else, everywhere else seems to be the provinces in a certain way. You wonder what your paintings are doing on the walls and you wonder who's looking at them.
Julian SchnabelI think it's your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around.
Julian SchnabelNobody is perfect. I don't think it's the most scathing indictment of anybody. It's pretty innocuous. [Miral] is just the story of one family and one girl, living in that part of the world, and that's what goes on over there. I thought that maybe it would be informative and useful for people to know more about it.
Julian SchnabelI think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.
Julian Schnabel