Notes, not to self

Richard Prince interviewed by Matthew Holman:

'The pseudonym, the fake name, has always interested me. You tap into a part of you that you don't really want to. It's a way of letting something out that you wouldn't let out in another way... 

'I became obsessed by the idea that I could take a portrait of someone I knew or almost knew or wanted to know. Those are all things that attract me to a certain type of portrait, and so that's what I did. It's the same as why sometimes I'll pick up a ballpoint pen and make a drawing on a piece of paper, because there's no mystery to it. I'm not trying to fool anybody. It's basically the same as working on your phone, which I consider to be an extension of the studio. I have this term called "post-place" and I think that's where we spend most of our intimate time. You can be anywhere at any time, under any circumstances. I could make an Instagram portrait of you right now, as we speak. I like those advantages. It's how I want to spend my day. That's a great way to get out of labour, right?'