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The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.

You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.

All artists are people of growth. It's like food, you take the good and leave the rest.

I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.