I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something of his.' The people who buy my art put a little more thought into it than that.

Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.

My goal is to formulate a new color theory based on the full spectrum of visible light.

I always try to make work that activates the viewer to be a co-producer of our shared reality.

The viewer brings something individual to the experience of any artwork.

Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.

Light has an evident, functional and aesthetic impact on our lives.

For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are not so simple.

I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality. I do not see the artist as a person who sits at a distance and evaluates.

I do not think making art alone makes it any better than making it with a team of people.

I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality.

If you want to identify the purpose of a thing, only its creator can provide you the answer

Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher..

As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around the world will be tempered with a whole new series of problems to be addressed and resolved.

These teenagers [that drop out of school to take the higher wage jobs] take jobs that would go to unskilled adults, making it harder for those adults to make the transition from welfare to work.

The longer human beings exist, it seems, the less likely we are to choose to be brave.

Sitcom food is by far the tastiest of all showbiz food.

Losing my mind From this hollow in my heart

Excellence is a choice, and you must make that choice over and over again until "doing your best" is all you know.

We are free to burn the Qur’an or any other book, and to criticize Muhammad or any other human being. Let no one forget it.

Live, for this is the time of your life.