What We Call Reality Is An Agreement

Early In School, They Called Me 'the Artist.' When Teachers Wanted Things Painted, They Called Upon Me, They Called Upon 'the Artist.' I Am Not Saying That I Learned My Name, Animals Can Learn Their Names, I Am Saying That They Learned It.

You Know When I Decided To Become Professional - That Means To Expose Yourself Naked To The World With The Other Creative Minds - I Said, 'i'm Going Into Areas I Don't Know. I Might Just Fall Right Down To Hell And Kill Myself.

I Was Given The Gifts Of The Artist, And The Trouble That Goes With Them: So I Have That Blessing, And There Was Never A Time Thati Questioned It Or Doubted It.... For Forty Years, I Wanted To Jump Out Of Windows.

I Think That In The Sexual Act, As Delightful As It Can Be, The Very Physical Part Of It Is, Yes, A Hammering Away. So It Has A Certain Brutality.

When You Are Doing A Piece You Are With It. You Don't Want To Wait Until Next Week, When Experience Will Have Given You Something Else.