I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that's what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through... to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection.
I was a very shy kid and really into art.
When I was younger I thought I was an artist, and inspiration would just come to me.
I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that.
I just looked like there was only one thing I could do: be in a band. It looked like I was already successful, basically. Which is what I wanted to do when I was 16. I just felt like if you did that, aesthetically you would just draw people who were doing the same thing.
I think that's why I became good at art. It was something that I could do that I could be really proud of.
Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.
I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.
I don't feel I'm trying to make art. I'm trying to make interesting things. People can relate to that.
It's not the job of the art to accommodate me and make me more money, make me more famous and get me more girls.