The Prince of Elizabeth Street

"What makes an artist a genius? Who decides? Art is a dream made real, a delusion confirmed; but the delusion has to get the nod, the grand O.K. I moved down here to Soho thinking that all the artists were still around...but I realize, I'm a dying breed. Was Warhol a genius? Everyone thought so, so he was good to go. Was Van Gogh a genius? No. He was a madman until he was dead. Then his work was discovered and then -bam, genius. Can a man become genius just by dying?"