The idea of, say, the compressed space between the floor and the object hanging over it and then the long space between the object and the ceiling wa….

You can't just suddenly change gears and reverse yourself or go to the left or the right because there is no left or right. There's always a certain ….

Normally my head is always filled with art ideas and things that I have to do, deadlines that I have to meet..

I certainly don't believe that people can read other people's minds..

If I'm reading something and a word pops up, or I just catch it, I try to mark it off and then, later, write it down on a piece of paper and add it t….

I was a guest at CalArts. John Baldessari invited me out a few times. I've been there. I've been in Pasadena, taught out at Boulder, University of Co….

How does any idea come to your mind? I don't know..

You can't have silence on the radio; people will turn away from the station..

I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done..

ne thing you have to develop as an artist is a confidence in what you're doing and that you're right about it..

The words represent ideas first of all. That is something you have to understand. I mean, it is not just an object, but it is an object with a histor….

I may have a lot of political opinions but it doesn't necessarily come into my work. I keep the two worlds separate..

I really wasn't about to get a Ph.D. in art history, you know, which you'd absolutely needed. And that was not something I wanted. And I loved art hi….

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece..

I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but I decided I was going to be an artist bu….

I wanted my style to be very recognizable..

I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really..

I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the collectors that are possessive, not me, not me..

The only problems I sometimes have is if I ask for a piece for a group show, if I ask for a piece - I would like to put it into a show, sometimes the….

So I never had trouble getting work or working or doing - I always worked. I worked when I went to college. I worked after school..

I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that..