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Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want.

You never know about the art world because it's a matter of opinion. If you look at old art like Rembrandt and Vermeer, it's not completely a matter of opinion. The pictures confront you, and you see exactly what it is. In modern art, a lot of it is suggestive, and it becomes a matter of opinion.

A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.

It's really easy to project this whole ideology of what being an artiste is, and I'm just not down with intellectualizing it. I just think, if you feel like doing something, then do it.

One often forgets that even if art is a very successful field in contemporary culture, there are still a lot of people alienated by it. Even if people don't fully understand where my work is coming from, at least there's somebody who looks kind of sane standing in front of you and politely engaging with you. People react.

You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it.

There's traditionally been a large disconnection in contemporary art between the audience and the artist. Generally, audiences are looking towards what they like, and I can tell you, that's the last thing on an artist's mind.

I am always rethinking how art is perceived and received, questioning our relationship to art. That's always been a constant.

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.