We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.

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.

Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.

Talking about performance is such a strange thing because it's so immaterial. We are talking about soft matter. We are talking about something that is invisible. You can't see it. You can't touch it. You just can feel it.

For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.

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