What I made depended on what I found on the street. At least in the beginning, my materials came from the street.

Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.

A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

Art is an intersection of many human needs.

What do little kids do? They crawl on the floor and they build with blocks. I just continued to do that for the rest of my life.

Art is what we do. Culture is what is done to us. A photograph of an art object is not the art object. An essay about an artist's work is not the artist's work.

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.

Once you turn something into something, its universal usage is over.

Why carve? It's a better sculpture that way. I'll never improve the block. So I just started using uncarved blocks.

If you're any good as an artist, you have to be doing something nobody else has interest in. Nobody would be interested in my work except a few crazy people.

Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. “The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth.

Great thoughts, great life.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private liberty.

Friends could be more influential than spouses. Hence selection should be based on attitude not apparel, on outcome not outlook, on personal beliefs not parental background.

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

Everything on the internet is real god damn it!

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it

If you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he did you some good.

Tell me where you want it,” I said. Minias drew back, his purple robes shifting about his ankles. “You’re asking me?” “Well, unless you want a big R on your forehead.

The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity