If you are resentful, you keep the thing alive. So the way to go on is to get rid of it, in order to forgive in order to forget.

Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.

I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary.

When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it's not a pin.

If you are resentful, you keep the thing alive. So the way to go on is to get rid of it, in order to forgive in order to forget.

It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.

My knives are like a tongue - I love, I do not love, I hate. If you don’t love me, I am ready to attack. I am a double-edged knife.