I actually prefer the silent black and white version of the Wizard Of Oz from the 20's.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.

I had always loved Joseph Cornell and wanted to do something with dioramas.

I made a tin man costume with tin foil and furnace parts because I thought it would help me be more heartless.

The muted color scheme allows the occasional brighter yellow or red to pop out on the wall in a show, which I like.

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

I wouldn't consider myself an outsider artist because I have a university degree in painting.

I'm not a trained dancer in the slightest.

The process of the body changing and making a whole human fascinates me.

I like all kinds of music but some of my all time favorites are P.I.L., Yoko Ono, T-Rex, and Anton Karas.

I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

Freedom is the disappearance of that which is searching for freedom.

Fame doesn't end loneliness.

What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims.

I can never remember names. I'm so self-centered and have a terrible memory.

My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet writer.

Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this [is] subjectivity ... at its height.

The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.

New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.