You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.

I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.

I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical, whatever. Art creates a kind of commentary.

GIVE YOUR BRAIN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU DO YOUR HAIR AND YOU'LL BE A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OFF.

I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories.

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie.

I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.

Nobody wants great things for you. They all want you to be something they deem important for them.

I feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky

When I write I feel like I can breathe. It’s like yoga for the brain.

Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure.

Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world: Markets must be open.

It's really exhilarating and exciting to be able to meet your fan base and see them in person, and see the lengths that they're willing to go to.

If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.

Some things were made to be felt