“… art is a privilege, a blessing, a relief. privilege means that you are a favorite, that what you do is not completely to your credit, not completely due to you, but it is a favor conferred upon you. privilege entitles you when you deserve nothing… art was a privilege given to me, and i had to peruse it, even more than the privilege of having children. the whole art mechanism is the result of many privileges, and it was a privilege to be a part of it… the privilege was the access to the unconscious… i had to be worthy of this privilege, and to exercise it. it was a privilege also to be able to sublimate. a lot of people cannot sublimate. they have no access to their unconscious. there is something very special in being able to sublimate your unconscious, and something very painful in the access to it. but there is no escape from it, and no escape from access once it is given to you, once you are favored with it, whether you want it or not… to escape you have to have a place to go. you have to have the courage to face risk. you have to have independence. all these things are gifts. they are blessings… sublimation is a gift; lots of people cannot sublimate.”