Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.

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A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using...

A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using...

At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in...

At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in...

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...

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...

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

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...

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's...

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's...

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

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,...

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

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...

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.

I think women are excellent social critics.

I think women are excellent social critics.

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...

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole...

The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole...

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....

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is...

It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is...

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.