Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.

The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.

Far more interesting than problem solving is problem creation.

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

I love making art... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

I absolutely hate technology, and I'm computer illiterate, and I never use any labor-saving devices although I'm not convinced that a computer is a labor-saving device.

Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don't have the answers. And if you don't have the answers, your solution will more likely be personal because no one else's solutions will seem appropriate. You'll have to come up with your own.