I think the most important thing in life is to be able to look at yourself in the mirror and feel good about who you are.
"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.
I am not trying to imitate a photograph; I am trying to make one.