Perception precedes reality.

I think Chris Burden is terrific. I really do.

Uptown is for people who have already done something. Downtown is where they’re doing something now. I live uptown but I love downtown.

Everybody must have a fantasy.

I'll bet there are a lot of artists that nobody hears about who just make more money than anybody. The people that do all the sculptures and paintings for big building construction. We never hear about them, but they make more money than anybody.

Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.

[My vision of America is] a good vision. Actually the best is on TV. I wanted to shoot all the pictures off the TV. No one would have known the difference.