Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.

This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.

You're only kidding yourself if you put creativity before craft.

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.

In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.....A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves into that environment, they begin their creative day.

I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.