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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.

I'm privileged that I'm an artist.

Art is the job of the privileged.

The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.

I believe that art elevates humanity. I feel incredibly privileged to be part of that.

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.

I wanted to get out of this country and experience different ways of seeing the world. So I went to Europe, but I went as an artist. I was increasing my skill set and exploring storytelling through painting.

Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all of us as artists, because we have voices and we are each of us unique.