Society takes what it wants. The artist himself does not count, because there is no actual existence for the work of art. The work of art is always based on the two poles of the onlooker and the maker, and the spark that comes from the bipolar action gives birth to something - like electricity. But the onlooker has the last word, and it is always posterity that makes the masterpiece. The artist should not concern himself with this, because it has nothing to do with him.

My art would be that of living: each moment, each breath is a work inscribed nowhere.

It's not what you see that is art. Art is the gap.

Art is like a shipwreck; it's every man for himself.

Humor is the only reason to live.

I'm not at all sure that the concept of the readymade isn't the most important single idea to come out of my work.

It's true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That's the only reason for living, in fact.