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I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

Any time you're stepping out on a limb as an artist, it's scary, especially when you have a lot of success. When you're reaching a lot of people, the masses, it's easy to stay in that niche, you know? Especially when you're making a lot of money and you know there's a formula, it's easy to stay in that rut.

One of the greatest things about being an artist is, as you get older, if you keep working hard in relationship to what you want the world to be and how you want it to become, there is a history of interesting growth that resonates with different moments in your life.

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.

I will revolutionise art and the world. Hurrah!

I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off.

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