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I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

It just happens in life, where you resonate with a particular artist. Or it can be a kind of food or a fashion - you discover it and it gives you a whole new lease on life.

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

As an artist, you have to do what you feel passionate about. It has to be something you can connect with.

I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.

My whole premise has been, right from the beginning, that it would take me a lifetime to learn to explain myself as an artist. As you grow older, you learn what to do and what to leave out. You kind of simplify your work and get the same thing done with fewer strokes. It's pretty interesting to me.

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.