I've learned that I need to learn how to direct without making the person distracted and keeping them comfortable, and pay more attention to lighting.

As artists, sometimes our work is chaotic; we don't easily communicate our needs to other people in a way that they understand.

When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work for a gallery context for a while. People were like, "You should never leave a gallery if you didn't have somewhere else to go," but I wasn't trying to disrespect the gallerists in that way.

Every artist's world is an individual experience and no one thing can prepare you. You have to go in and go where those roles lead you - just allow it to happen and follow your path.

If I step out too much while in the process and don't allow myself to get into it, the piece may not get made.

I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.

If I have a piece that's solely based on the web and it's going to also exist in a gallery, it needs to exist in a gallery where it doesn't feel redundant.