Art in the art world, and culture in general, are branches of the media, which produces our political and social thinking climate.

Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.

An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically there are no limits to his involvement.

Art-making is just another part of the consciousness industry.

The artist's business requires an involvement in practically everything... The total scope of information he receives day after day is of concern.

When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.

Whenever the medium of photography is useful for a particular task, I use it. If another medium is more suitable I use that.

A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.

A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg,.. is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.

Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

I'm a pusher dealing hope, at the intersection of Desire and Despair.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.

Transformationally motivated people are the growing edge of a great continuity of souls reaching back to the very earliest times.

I definitely like to go out and dance. I'm a big vibe person when it comes to music so a song really has to make me feel a certain way in order for me to fall in love with it.

I am not afraid of retaliations. I don't have kids. I don't have a wife, no car, no credit. It may seem pompous, but I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.

There is not one thing we can do to fix the problem, it has to be an ambush!

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.