I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So far I've found there aren't any. I just wanted to be stopped, and no one will stop me..

I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either..

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not..

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you g….

It's very easy to say, 'I could have done that,' after someone's done it. But I did it. You didn't. It didn't exist until I did it..

For me, art is always a kind of theater..

Death's just something that inspires me, not something that pulls me down. I used to get called morbid at school. I have always loved horror films; I….

As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep mean….

Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always ab….

Art comes from everywhere. It's your response to your surroundings..

You have to step over the boundaries sometimes just to find out where theyare..

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do….

What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect..

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz..

Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity..

The idea is more important than the object..

When we are no longer children, we are already dead..

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better..

The answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it..

I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid b….

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day..