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It Is Very Different When You Age. The Things That Are Significant, Or What Drives You, Or The Physical Experience Of Being Driven, Changes Over Time.

You Start With A Generic Body, But I Think The First Wall You Hit With Portraiture Is Comprised Of History And Storytelling And The Nature Of Characters - Whether They Are Historical Or Coming From Literature Or Documentation. Those Are The References We Have To People, Besides Your Family, And The Intimacy Of Portraiture Is In The Specifics Of Individuals. For Me, It Came Out Of Doing Things About Animals.

Making Art Is A Lot About Just Seeing What Happens If You Put Some Energy Into Something.

I Told The Students [at Yale] We Were Going To Talk About Love - I Meant Love In The Sense Of Devotions To One's Work - And About Half The Students Got Really Pissed Off.

Life Changes A Lot. I Guarantee You.