A Great Artist Has To Be Ready

Do You Know What's Most Interesting? Working With The Very Strong Restrictions Of The Institution. In The Renaissance, The Aristocrats Would Order Paintings From The Artist. They Would Order The Crucifixion Of Jesus. The Restrictions Were Amazing. Jesus Had To Be In The Middle, Three Apostles On The Left, Four Apostles On The Right - And Still You Had Masterpieces. It's Really Interesting To Work Within Restriction, And See What You Can Do With Restriction.

If You Have To Do Durational Work, You Have To Train! No Bullshit. You Can't Do It For Three Months. You Can Do It For Five Hours, 10 Hours, And Then You Have Three Months Rest. If This Is Your Job, You Have To Be Flexible.

I'm Interested In Utopian Communities Of The Past. Many Of Them Didn't Survive And I'm Examining Closely The Reasons They Failed.

I Am Obsessive Always, Even As A Child. On One Side Is This Strict Orthodox Religion, On The Other Is Communism, And I Am This Little Girl Pulled Between The Two. It Makes Me Who I Am. It Turns Me Into The Kind Of Person That Freud Would Have A Field Day With, For Sure.

If You're A Baker, Making Bread, You're A Baker. If You Make The Best Bread In The World, You're Not An Artist, But If You Bake The Bread In The Gallery, You're An Artist. So The Context Makes The Difference.