I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All I owe the world is my art.
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art.
I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased.
Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?
My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.
You just can't control your art in the future.
I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely what I want to say with my art.
Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.
I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade.