A Great Artist Has To Be Ready

Artists Should Never Think Of Themselves As An Idol. Fame Is A Side Effect Of One's Work.

There's Nothing More Tragic Than Artists From The 70s Still Doing Art From The 70s.

When I Did "seven Easy Pieces," I Actually Re-performed The Performances Of Other Artists. It Was Such Difficult Work Because I Had To Really Go Through The Documentation, Look Through The Sources, To Ask The Witnesses Who Saw It.

I Always Sent My Mother All These Huge Books I Made. When My Mother Died, I Was Cleaning Her Cupboard, And These Big Books Were Only 20 Pages Long. She Edited Out, Maybe Burned, Every Single Photograph Where I'm Naked.

You Know, Art Is Very Emotional Business. But Mostly It Becomes Not Emotional, The Fabric Of Commodity. It Becomes Business. It Becomes So Many Different Things. Because We Forgot There Was Emotions Involved.