I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively.

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again.

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground.

Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps... this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self.

I don’t like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.

I’m glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively.

I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It’s a huge therapeutic release. Also I love my touring family. And I love my audiences very much.

I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come.

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I’m taking more chances; I’m bold and proud.