In the process of translating your paintings to your collection, the gazing ball has gone. Were you tempted to include the gazing ball as a detail on the bags?

I believe that because the human body becomes involved with the bags, the gazing ball isn’t necessary. When people are walking down the street with the bag, there’s already this inner linkage taking place. So I didn’t feel the need for it. I also have the rabbit there, which is kind of an iconic image of my own, representing my involvement. Leonardo and it’s about Leonardo the human being. But it’s also about who Leonardo loved: Verrocchio, Uccello. All of the people that he would give it up to that let him become. It’s a celebration of humanism.