Prints mimic what we are as humans: we are all the same and yet every one is different. I think there's a spiritual power in repetition, a devotional quality, like saying rosaries.

Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative... I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.

The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.

I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world.

I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too.

Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.

Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.

Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened.

One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives.

It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual world.

I told the students [at Yale] we were going to talk about love - I meant love in the sense of devotions to one's work - and about half the students got really pissed off.

He's exasperated. "I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!

Let's leave it all alone. I'm stupidest when I try to be funny.

Being a lady does not require silence.

No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

I don't get embarrassed easily, and I do silly things all the time!

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and unhappy men to live calmly

The highest form of worship is to find the least among you and treat them like Jesus.

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replay in sports. They've already forgotten what's happened.

Without bread all is misery.