I think of my art materials not as junk but as garbage. Manure, actually: it goes from being the waste material of one being to the life-source of another.

The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.

Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it.

I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.

A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it.

Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction.

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

I've always wanted to work with Hugh [Grant] because I loved his movies.

Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

The team with the best players wins.

Ladies & Gentelman, the man who tought William Kennedy Smith everything he knows about dating, Sweet Stan Lane!

My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but they know it is disturbing.

The knowable world is incomplete if seen from any one point of view, incoherent if seen from all points of view at once, and empty if seen from nowhere in particular.

I would love to direct a play. But I think when people look at me they see music and dancing and singing.

I'm terrified of lasagna. I think it was to eat ME!