Some may say that he is a business man and not an artist. This may be because he is a restaurant magnate and multi- millionaire. There are those that feel for one to be an artist, you must be poor, I do not find this to be true. I think that art comes from inside people regardless of wealth. Art is the final product of an individuals inspiration to express themselves.
People express themselves through different mediums.
The painter has his brush and canvas, the sculptor her clay, or hammer and chisel, the writer his pen and paper, the actor her stage ,the musician her notes and instrument, the cinemetographer his film, and the chef his kitchen, ingredients and empty plate. All of these artists have one thing in common, inspiration to express themselves and the means by which they do so. An Asian Pacific American Artist is a person of Asian Pacific descent, either from one of those countries or with direct lineage to one or more of those countries. In my opinion it is the fact that they have been inspired by their culture or their background and they express those inspirations in an artistic fashion. Their art, whatever it may be, does not necessarily need to be of an Asian Pacific influence or content.