I like making work in my studio day in and day out, but I'm not so interested in the business side

If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh.

I do hope I play out the contradictions that I feel, all the anxieties and dilemmas. If they're there in the work, then that's brilliant.

Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art.

The surprise was worse that the pain. It showed a lack of awareness.

Beginnings are happy never-endings as long as you remember where you started from.

A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave.

If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.

To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

How did he do it? He must be a genius!

I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.

If I looked like Zayn, I would date myself

Fascism will come to America wrapped in a flag.

I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat.