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

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.

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.

When I was a school kid I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing, I would make my own comics about my teddy bear whose name happened to be Ted.

One wife, you're happy, two and you're tired, three and they'll hate each other, four and they'll hate you.

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood. Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line. I'm in a New York state of mind.

Work ethic, confidence, a laser focus and commitment to accomplish a goal that most people can never imagine.

I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown them how to do. So then, they drop down into a lower stage of attention.

Half of the interview is substantive and half of it I think is sizing the person up.

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

I heard the rumours,but the only blond people here [in Sweden] are the guys. And they all look like Ellen DeGeneres. It's Ellen DeGeneres world, and it's all guys! It's now switched.

Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.