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

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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...

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'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...

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'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

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

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.

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot...

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot...

I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to...

I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to...

I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a...

I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a...

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to...

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to...

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...

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 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...

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially...

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially...

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 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...

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...

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space...

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space...

I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in...

I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in...

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the...

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the...