I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.
A lot of my work is about sales. And it was about being independent from the art market.
Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
I don't feel that as an artist my job is to offer PR propaganda, whether for the good or for the bad.
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.
I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.
I am an artist and a political being as well.
I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography.
My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen.
My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.