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.

When you put things together, things that other people have thrown out, you’re really bringing them to life – a spiritual life that surpasses the life for which they were originally created.

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

What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people.

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 never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world.

I think all great innovations are built on rejections.