The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and protect your work. And if you can build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.

I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember very clearly a vision I had of a little green reindeer when I was a child, and visions emanate from the same mythical area where painting resides. Whatever the reason, I immediately felt comfortable working with visual materials.