I came late to galleries. A lot of people my age started their careers younger, so I was spared seeing that side for a long time.

It seemed to me that a lot of people started going to art school recently because they thought they could be famous and make a lot of money. They might be in for a bad turn.

People will still make great art, but I think it's good to assume you will always be a failure. People were believing the opposite.

As I was walking down the stairs, I kept thinking that the room felt like a movie theater with all your attention on this wall, so it seemed like a big challenge.

Well, art has to be sexy.

I don't know what it was like in the '80s. I don't really even know what it was like in the '90s, because I was broke and wasn't selling any art. I was in a few group shows, but I didn't have a gallery until 2006.

I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art . . . that people actually paid for it.