Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.

If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.

One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.

A work of art doesn't have to be explained. If you do not have any feeling about this, I cannot explain it to you. If this doesn't touch you, I have failed.

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.

Art is a way of recognizing oneself.

It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.