I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.

If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.

The place of the arts in the classroom is essential in encouraging invention, ambition, and an understanding of the importance and pleasures of living an examined life.