Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves. Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.

Art is not about understanding, it’s about experience.

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves. Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.

We're not on a journey to a goal, the goal is with us changing with us.