"I have grown exponentially from having this opportunity and it has been a major and most valuable part of my life and imagination." --Artist Do you think he's

"I have grown exponentially from having this opportunity and it has been a major and most valuable part of my life and imagination." --Artist Do you think he's making a secret in joke, that, even though his growth is exponential, it was in negative part of the abscissa, where the total growth is negligble?