Good teachers realise that the students are the antenna; they are sensing things that the teachers don't yet sense.

I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks'.

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.

When people censor themselves they're just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.

Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.

Attention is what creates value. Artworks are made as well by how people interact with them - and therefore by what quality of interaction they can inspire.