My work unblocks people, and then I look at the work that they do, and I think, 'My God, how could they not have known they were talented? How could they not have known?'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't want people to know that I was an artist. I was ashamed. I thought artists were weird, crazy people, you know. So I always kind of hid the fact that I was an artist.
I was known for being talented, but I was still the fat girl. And it wasn't what people were looking for. There's a lot that you hear. There's a lot of cruelty out there. Some of it comes from the executive offices. It comes from other artists at times. It was a very difficult thing to overcome.
People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?
When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway?
I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.
The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.
Throughout the course of my life, I've been blessed to work with extremely talented people.