When I was younger and was working as a Dia guard I would go to see everything. I went to every opening. I was really interested in seeing and learning as much as I could.

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

I don't really live the bohemian life. I come to work in Midtown everyday, along with all the work-a-day folk.

I hated art as a kid. I didn't even like art class. I didn't like to draw. I would make my dad do all the drawings because I hated it so much.

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.

I was never a doodler. I had never felt a drive to draw... Actually when I was a kid, I really hated art classes. My father was a kind of a Sunday painter and he liked to draw and do water colors. So, I would bring him my assignment and he would do them for me, because it was easy for him to do.

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