My work is largely concerned with relations between seeing and knowing, seeing and saying, seeing and believing.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then bend the object - leaving some part of it attached.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One works without thinking how to work.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Beware of critics of education who cloak their desire to protect privilege (and inequality) in the garb of educational reform.

Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page.

Your life is too valuable, your calling too great, & your God too awesome to waste your life on what doesn't matter.

There are no bad haircuts in cyberspace.

Together, we are going to deliver real change that once again puts America first.

Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.

The degree of your anger over correction equals the measure of your pride.

With MOOCs, “the real question becomes, where is human intervention important?

Paper money is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.