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People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.

I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.

I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I've never believed people are what they look like and think it's impossible to really know what people are.

I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.

People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.

Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.