''Today I am 'speaking as an artist' to remind others why I am that artist. Over a long period of time art has now become 'the individual statement' as where the artist, he or she can pursue their own self-realization. It's todays society that puts emphasis on originality that's daring enough to go beyond the accepted norms, and rightly so, but most of the time it involves being misunderstood or being rejected by one's peers or family but by that very fact it will bring out my own uniqueness and self-realization through creativity.''