Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens.
The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.
Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.
Every writer from Montaigne to William S. Burroughs has pasted and cut from previous work. Every artist, whether it's Warhol or, you know, Dangermouse or whoever.
In French, there is an old expression, la patte, meaning the artist's touch, his personal style, his 'paw'. I wanted to get away from la patte and from all that retinal painting.
The artist that had the biggest impact on me was Michael Jackson. He was my Elvis and Beatles. When I was 15, I listened to a lot of Sinatra, but my jean jacket didn't have, 'I love Frank' on it, it had, 'I love AC/DC', 'Guns N Roses', 'Pearl Jam'. I thought Eddie Vedder was the second coming.
My peers inspire me, especially being a newer artist.
I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people.
My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.
I've blown myself up as a revolutionary and conscious artist. As a philanthropist and a performer.
I joined the Young Philanthropists Circle at the Musee Des Beaux Arts, we have little events every month where you learn about a different artist and you see the exhibit and you get an inside an inside look at the technique used.
Any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same.
I used to be a photographer - and now I'm some kind of digital photographic artist.
I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid.
Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.
The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
I think, for every artist, the second album is the most terrifying one to put out because it can either boost your career, and everybody can't wait until your third album, or the second one is terrible, and 'He probably hit a plateau on his first one.'
I consider myself a multi-platform artist - not just a street artist - but the audience I found through street art has created many of the opportunities I now have on other platforms.
