Never let money get in the way of an idea

I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing.

But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.

Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.

In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could actually keep going out drinking.