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My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.

When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the world, not through architecture, but through painting. I lived the artist's life, mingling with poets and writers, and working as a waiter. I was intrigued by the aliveness of the city.

I've always been a fine artist.

I wanted to be a make up artist. I did it, and the road that I took was quite good.