I veer more toward the philosophical and the poetic than I do toward the alert and angry.

I find great satisfaction in the rigorous structure of the grid, but I like the organic on the grid so that there's a combination of structure and chaos.

I have found, and most artists are probably this way, that [when] you're working on some kind of idea, the idea makes demands.

Very early on I was interested in doing political art, but it was not feminist political art.

I've always been interested in archaeology, I guess ever since junior high or high school.

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial.

I did live in Paris for three years and I prefer New York.

I've always liked New York even before I lived in New York. It represents something, I think, and it would be trite to say what it represents really because it's been said so many times.

Mexico doesn't seem alien to Californians.

When I graduated from high school, this is in Los Angeles, I was very interested in taking a trip to Mexico to see the archeological sites. So three other people and myself drove down there.

I have made on occasion posters and things like that for political reasons but not my work.

Democratic ideas cannot exist without the public spheres that make them possible.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

I think the optimal artwork is in constant circulation with the world around itself.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame.

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can’t succeed without your help.

Liberals never, ever should be back in power. Never.

Money is the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card.