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Any Artist Who Goes To Las Vegas Is An Idiot As Far As I Am Concerned. Whoever Goes To Las Vegas Can Stay In Las Vegas.

When You Come Up In The Art World, Whatevers In The Air, The Issues Of The Moment, End Up Becoming Part Of The Working Method Or Modus Operandi Of How You Think About Doing A Painting. And I Came Up At A Time When-actually Painting Was Dead When I Came Up. Sculpture Sort Of Ruled.

See, I Think Our Whole Society Is Much Too Problem-solving Oriented. It Is Far More Interesting To Participate In 'problem Creation'... You Know, Ask Yourself An Interesting Enough Question And Your Attempt To Find A Tailor-made Solution To That Question Will Push You To A Place Where, Pretty Soon, You'll Find Yourself All By Your Lonesome - Which I Think Is A More Interesting Place To Be.

The Camera Is Objective. When It Records A Face It Can't Make Any Hierarchical Decisions About A Nose Being More Important Than A Cheek. The Camera Is Not Aware Of What It Is Looking At. It Just Gets It All Down.

Of All The Artists Who Emerged In The '80s, I Think Perhaps Cindy Sherman Is The Most Important.