Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.

Art is for anyone. It just isn't for everyone. Still, over the past decade, its audience has hugely grown, and that's irked those outside the art world, who get irritated at things like incomprehensibility or money.

I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.

All the things that are in the past are in the past.

There's no sustenance in the past.

I used to like humorous people in the past, but these days, I like serious people more.