“And the big daddy that I learned from all this: I actually CAN’T paint like other artists, and nor do I want to. That’s the best thing this exercise has taught me over the years; it’s fun to experiment, to try out what other artists are doing, but if I only ever did that I’d be unfulfilled and dissatisfied. I’d be surrounded by a vegetarian buffet and craving steak.”
“There are no guidelines for what happens when you get successful as an artist. My heroes were artists like Acconci, and he didn’t make any money. That’s what I thought success was.” — Robert Longo
