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I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense.

One of the smartest things Kickstarter has done, in my opinion, is give people a great shopping experience related to the arts, that funds the arts. In essence, they've gotten people to pay $200 for a t-shirt plus the feeling of participation in another artist's endeavor.

People want to make a distinction between what's commercial and what's art.

I think it would be a good thing in the creative community if there was less embarrassment of this word 'commercial' because that's how you make a business.

I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me it's one small piece of art.

I am not a commercial industry creator. I don't believe in making art to make money.

It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

I am proud being an artist who takes risks, who would walk off a cliff artistically. I won't settle for commercial reasons.