Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.

I was one of the first post-studio artists. I used to do my works in the streets. I used to find them in the streets, and I used to leave them in the streets.

I didn't study the piano - the piano studied me.

Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go on like this forever. Just as it is. No change.

That's wonderful, but my mind has been destroyed by alcohol.

Why carve? It's a better sculpture that way. I'll never improve the block. So I just started using uncarved blocks.

Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.