... the thing that's happening today vis-á-vis computer imaging, vis-á-vis alteration, is that it no longer needs to be based on the real at all. I d….

I think that the exactitude of the photograph has a sort of compelling nature based in its power to duplicate life. But to me the real power of photo….

The so-called language of Barbara Kruger is vernacular language. Obviously, I pick through bits and pieces of it and figure out to some degree how to….

I remember going into galleries and seeing this thing called conceptual art, and I understand people’s marginalization from what the art subculture i….

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of event….

Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, dictate the seemingly real through the representative..

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a h….

Art is as heavy as sorrow, as light as a breeze, as bright as an idea, as pretty as a picture, as funny as money, and as fugitive as fraud!.

Fashion is everywhere and about everything. It is folly, vanity and the fun of it all. It is disguise, innuendo, and cunning. It is mean, gorgeous an….

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just "works." I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a ….

Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school..

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Ever….

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot ….

What I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition..

The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is i….

I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means ….

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in..