I Am Lucky: I Have Fantastic Doctors

You Are An Explorer. You Understand That Every Time You Go Into The Studio, You Are After Something That Does Not Yet Exist.

They Say That Art Should Stand The Test Of Time. Life Lasts A Limited Amount Of Time. Mountains And Trees And Earth Will Outlive Human Beings, But We Don't Know If They Will Be Here Always. Art Does Outlast The Life Span Of Its Maker. Art Should Communicate To An Increasing Circle Of Strangers-people Who Do Not Know The Artist, But Come To Know The Work, And Through The Work, Come To Know Something About The Humanity Of The Artist That Rings With Their Own Humanity.

Racism Has Been For Everyone Like A Horrible, Tragic Car Crash, And We've All Been Heavily Sedated From It. If We Don't Come Into Consciousness Of This Tragedy, There's Going To Be A Violent Awakening We Don't Want. The Question Is, Can We Wake Up?

Each Person Has A Literature Inside Them. But When People Lose Language, When They Have To Experiment With Putting Their Thoughts Together On The Spot-that's What I Love Most. That's Where Character Lives.

I Feel Like My Work Has Been My Path To Freedom From Having Grown Up In A Segregated Environment.