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I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

I'm not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.

We haven't had to defend anything to anybody.

You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

My reputation was built on hostility. I had no friends and some very virulent enemies in the old-guard art scene when I began. They threw their heavy artillery against me. They were convinced I was perverting the public taste.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.

I was not used to criticism.

I never had any desire to defend myself, and never did I seriously think about it.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.