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I'm not opposed to commerce, even though I'm an artist.


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Art is like a lover whom you run away from but who comes back and picks you up.

Art is like a lover whom you run away from but who comes back and picks you up.



There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences.

There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences.



It's my memory, and what happened between that moment 10 or 15 years ago and now, there's a lot of gray area

It's my memory, and what happened between that moment 10 or 15 years ago and now, there's a lot of gray area



Most people don't do something seminal. I've done it twice: with my tent and my bed. Picasso did it with Cubism.

Most people don't do something seminal. I've done it twice: with my tent and my bed. Picasso did it with Cubism.



When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in art – and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.

When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in art – and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.



What's really good about the word 'art' is that 'art' is a word like 'love,' or 'god,' or whatever. It transcends so many things.

What's really good about the word 'art' is that 'art' is a word like 'love,' or 'god,' or whatever. It transcends so many things.



What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that.

What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that.



The words went round and round and round in my mind and my body, until I knew they were no longer my words but something that had been carved into my heart. And now my soul was crying.

The words went round and round and round in my mind and my body, until I knew they were no longer my words but something that had been carved into my heart. And now my soul was crying.



There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me.

There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me.



I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.

I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.





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She’s fifteen, above the age of consent, and he’s seventeen, but he’s still “the boy” in every conversation. She’s “the young woman”.Words are not small things.

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Every morning we awaken from sleep and from our dreams and enter the state we call wakefulness. A continuous stream of thoughts, most of them repetitive, characterizes the normal wakeful state.



I find it to be an ongoing challenge to keep the guitar from becoming too traditional.

I find it to be an ongoing challenge to keep the guitar from becoming too traditional.



It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.

It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.



The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.

The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.



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There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.



I might do a film someday for the collection. I love designing sets and creating environments, in film school and for my own presentations. I love telling stories.

I might do a film someday for the collection. I love designing sets and creating environments, in film school and for my own presentations. I love telling stories.



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