We become different people and we adapt to our environments, but that doesn't have anything to do with being creative.

Creativity isn't about the advantage or disadvantage of a specific time or culture. Creativity is something that comes internally from a human being having a genuine mistrust of rules. And that may be the constant. It's almost like there's some rebellion in it.

If I get up every day with the optimism that I have the capacity for growth, then that’s success for me.

As a painter I make up projects for myself to express myself. And there's no client, there's no direction.

When I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning.

My work is play. And I play when I design. I even looked it up in the dictionary, to make sure that I actually do that, and the definition of “play,” number one, was “engaging in a childlike activity or endeavor,” and number two was “gambling.” And I realize I do both when I’m designing.

We become different people and we adapt to our environments, but that doesn't have anything to do with being creative.