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

You can always find somebody to beat up. This goes back to the schoolyard. Most men would think, Don't chum with girls. But I chummed with girls.

I never stopped doing what I did as a child.

What do little kids do? They crawl on the floor and they build with blocks. I just continued to do that for the rest of my life.

By nature, I am a materialist... It is exactly these impingements upon our sense of touch and so forth that I'm interested in.

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

I've often stopped working for long periods.