Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to love them and felt stupid for my immediate reaction towards their work.

The people who I thought would be the hardest to work with were the easiest, and the people I thought would be the easiest were actually the hardest.

I just figured out hustles to get by, like maybe selling my clothes. I wanted to travel around and be broke and live in sketchy apartments.

I never went to school for art or was told what to like or when. So every day is a learning process, like most of life.

The last thing I wanna do is sit home and watch television.

I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things the right way. Low expectations reap great rewards.

When you think of it, people may rub elbows and still have an ocean or two between them.

The reputation of a girl ... is a delicate thing. Like a mynah bird in your hands. slacken your grip and away it flies.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

We were not republicans or democrats during Katrina. We truly were all Americans, and Trent Lott came through for me.

Food is a great way of communicating.

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

Fashion is something that you can attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction, the meaning of it is born.

I have my way of doing things.