“Beauty is embarrassing. Now what do I mean by that? Beauty is a many-pronged thing, you know, it has many sides to that. When we see something beautiful – truly beautiful – we’re in awe, and raw emotion comes to the surface. We’re also humbled by it. We’re not worthy. That emotional vulnerability, that insecurity – those are both embarrassing situations. ‘If only I could make something that beautiful, or if only I was that beautiful.’ So we’re sort of embarrassed for ourselves when we’re struck by true beauty. Artists and creative people are people who make beauty. Now that’s the bottom line, I mean that’s what we do, we make beauty. I’ve been trying to make beauty my whole life, and to even say that is embarrassing, but I have.”