Irene Neuwirth: You’re wildly creative and, ever since I was a little kid, I knew that I was going to do something creative, too. I’d go to every dinner with paints and paper.

Geraldine Neuwirth: I’ve learned so much from you — your discipline, your way of dealing with people, the way you express yourself. There’ve been moments for me as an artist that were very hurtful and disappointing, and you’ve helped me feel my way through it. In any creative field, you deal with so many rejections. You think, “I feel good about my work, but is it really as good as I think?”