You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries.
Going beyond one's backyard grants one perspective.
Art begins when an observer's sensibilities engage with the understatements of a calculating craftsman.
Does an artist truly need to understand her times in order to create? I'm not sure. We're all sitting in a context. It's a market.
Value choices are intuitive. . . It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast.
Once you sophisticate the in-betweens, your blacks and whites can take their solos and shine.
Be artistic, choose taste, set an example.
We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.
The hand you hold the longest is your own.
By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way.
To connect is to dissolve the imaginary pyramids of artificial privilege.