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

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I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

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...

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

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...

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

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...

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

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

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

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

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.

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

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,...

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

The problem with prototypes is they don't always work.

The problem with prototypes is they don't always work.

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...

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...

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...

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to...

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to...