“... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.”
“If a musician wants to become a fine artist, he must first become a finer person.”
“The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.”
“Art is original. Marcel Duchamp was an artist when he pioneered Dadaism and installed a urinal in a museum.The second person to install a urinal wasn't an artist, he was a plumber.”
“First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.”
“An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.”