Art class was my thing, but not any other class.

Art class was my thing, but not any other class.

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.

Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.

Its such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you dont want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside.

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.