I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.

But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all.... You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing.

I began to stack my sculptures into an environment. It was natural. It was a flowing of energy.

I still want to do my work. I still want to do my livingness. And I have lived. I have been fulfilled. I recognized what I had, and I never sold it short. And I ain't through yet.

Who is an artist? I say we take a title. No one gives it to us. We make our lives.

Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.' I am not saying that I learned my name, animals can learn their names, I am saying that they learned it.

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.