I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.

war is not just a victory or loss ... People die.

I think I've always had an activist stance, yet at the same time, the other side of me - and this is where some people just don't get it, or they'd prefer it if the work was a lot uglier, a lot louder - I have this personality where I just want to put something out that's a fact and then let you interpret it. It's almost as if you might barely notice it, you might walk right by it, but you have to pay attention.

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.