What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.

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You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary...

You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary...

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are...

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are...

I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow...

I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow...

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that...

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that...

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is...

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is...

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's...

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's...

I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big...

I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big...

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just works. I...

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just works. I...

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his...

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his...

I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means....

I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means....

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies,...

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies,...

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday...

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday...

Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and...

Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and...

I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom...

I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom...

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can...

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can...

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far...

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far...