I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art.

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.

I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts.