“Only suffering grows big artists.”
“Only by examining our personal biases can we grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we grow as people.”
“Artists thrive on suffering.”
“Great artists suffer for the people.”
“A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.”
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”