I have found that long durational art is really the key to changing consciousness. On such a deep level. Not just the performer, but the one looking at it.

Television is completely another medium.

I had to leave some traces. In the beginning, I would give complete instructions to the photographer. In the '70s, people would come to photograph your work and you would just end up with this crazy material that had nothing to do with your work; maybe I'd pick up two or three photographs that were the closest to the idea. This is why when you look at the '70s, you see much less documentation and really bad material. The material will become misleading to what the piece was.

My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.

Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

One thing I learned from his holiness the Dali Lama is the importance of humor.