The right angle is one of the world's basic shapes.

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

Judson Church was a very important place because they believed in art. They also took care of drug addicts. Without the Judson, nothing could have happened.

It was easy to get a job at the Cedar Bar because people came and went, but I didn't like the atmosphere. Instead, I got a job at Cooper Union Library. I stayed at Cooper Union for seven years; it was my salvation. While I worked there, I also read books of every kind.

I'm always careful to say that I changed everything I found.

The thing about the ray gun is, you pick up anything you see on the street that's the shape of a gun.

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.