I was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it.

Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

My works have always been unjoined. People were always making variations of my works, and I just said, "I don't want to know." You can't put limits on those pieces. You can't be there all of the time when they're installed.

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

I didn't like men because they were so physically competitive. Men are always making a pecking order. "I can beat you up and you can beat him up ..."

I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish."