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Sometimes I think of creativity or art as this well that we all draw from.

Art is born of humiliation.

Among the mysteries of the creative ego is how the transcendence of what artists do is their own response to the darkness of who they are, and the same personal darkness that is at odds with the art is what propels artists to the light of what they create.

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.

People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are today?' I always felt a little on the outside. And as such, you're always observing things. So, I'd be kind of re-creating these things in my mind, and I think drawing it was a way to deal with that.

I think art, at its best, happens on a conscious and a subconscious level.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

For every artist, experience is never complete until it has been reproduced in creative work.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.