In every culture, [there are those] shamans or medicine men who endured incredible physical pain, because it's a door opening to the subconsciousness. And the way we can actually control the pain -- it's how to control everything. This is the key.

If you have to do durational work, you have to train! No bullshit. You can't do it for three months. You can do it for five hours, 10 hours, and then you have three months rest. If this is your job, you have to be flexible.

There's nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s.

There are so many rules in the art world. I don't like rules and I break them all the time. I don't care if people think I'm overexposed. What I care about is if I'm going to run out of energy. Overexposure is only a problem if you are drained of energy and cannot come up with new ideas. Every artist has to recognize that and know when to stop for a moment.

We are actually living in a million parallel realities every single minute.

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.

My work is immaterial. It's not painting, it's not sculpture, it's emotions. I'm giving you something to experience yourself.