I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to be improved, idealised or whatever, but simply to be dwelt in.

Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.

Art is not about understanding, it’s about experience.

Our appearance belongs to others, we live in the darkness of the body-part of all darkness but felt.

Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive.

We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact.

The elemental world we all live in is the darkness of the body.

I want to start where language ends.

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

It is as much the conversations between objects as between us and objects that make museums so valuable.

The bond of husband to his wife is divine.

The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion action will.

The past is a bucket of ashes so live not in your yesterdays nor just for tomorrow but in the here and now.

To find the courage to do what I want to do for myself has been hard.

I love him who reserveth no share of spirit for himself, but wanteth to be wholly the spirit of his virtue: thus walketh he as spirit over the bridge.

It's what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.

I didn't understand anything about fashion until I moved to Canada when I was 9. That's when I learned English and was exposed to fashion magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.

We didn't invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead. We were just in line to see what was going to happen.

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

My policy is I will help any policymaker who asks, whether they be a Republican or a Democrat.