A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that.

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I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to...

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to...

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

I hate zoos.

People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot...

People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot...

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so...

Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so...

If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon...

If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon...

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.