There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook.

There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook.

To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society for centuries.

I identify with the 99 per cent.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

I'm putting my consciousness towards trying to teach people through pictures and sculptures that there's something better in the world. That's what the world needs more of.

Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn't mean having read a few art history books.