If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.

Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.

Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when I wore that. They are like signposts in the search for the past.

When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it's not a pin.

I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful.

If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.

... geometry became a symbol for human relations, except that it was better, because in geometry things never go bad. If certain things occur, if certain lines meet, an angle is born. You cannot fail. It's not going to fail; it is eternal. I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total. Thus, I'm able to avoid or manipulate or process pain.