A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on.

What is it that an artist does when he is left alone in his studio? My conclusion was that if I was an artist and I was in the studio, then everything I was doing in the studio should be art . . . . From that point on, art became more of an activity and less of a product.

I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are our capacity for cruelty and the ability people have to ignore situations they don't like.

I like to combine different aspects in my work, to cover different areas, but I do see them as being separate.

If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting.