A lot of my friends have been collectors, and I owe a lot to them. I'm always interested in sharing collections and learning that way. I used to trad…

- Michael Dumontier

In art school, I started to see Pettibon in magazines, and I figured it out backward. I was into the idea that someone could show work in galleries w…

- Michael Dumontier

I'm fond of online testimonials: people writing about their experiences with ghosts or drugs or bad boyfriends.

- Michael Dumontier

I have to listen to music while I'm working. Music is essential. It's at the top of the pyramid for me. I've always felt disappointed in what I've ma…

- Michael Dumontier

I often find things at thrift stores and library sales that I never could have been looking for. In those cases, the research is done after the fact …

- Michael Dumontier

Drue [Langlois] and I started making music together before we started the Art Lodge, so I guess musical collaboration came first. The music we made, …

- Michael Dumontier

I waste a lot of my time documenting my "search for great esoterica" online. It gets so complicated trying to identify or give credit to all of one's…

- Michael Dumontier

These days, I find it harder to listen to really trebly lo-fi recordings. At the same time, without the old limitations, these new technologies requi…

- Michael Dumontier

I think it's great that people now have access to Pro Tools and other recording software at home. I've never understood how anyone could be comfortab…

- Michael Dumontier