I think there's a great strength in having the courage and also having the support to do what you want to do when you're an artist in any way, shape or form.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
Being able to make work - if it's on your terms, and it's a good fit with the people who are supporting it - can be a very interesting exercise. When it doesn't work is when an artist just connects with a brand, and they try to take advantage of each other.
I think that as an artist, the more that you can do to diversify, and kind of challenge yourself, the more you grow.
I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts.
I hope my work has inspired young artists. I have always tried to maintain my freedom as an artist and I feel it is one of the main reasons I have been successful.
I believe that art has been a vehicle for me that's been about enlightenment and expanding my own parameters, to give me courage to exercise the freedom that I have in life.
I honestly think that's one of the greatest motivators of art - the fear of not making great art.
I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.
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