Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something.

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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...

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 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...

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.

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....

I hate zoos.

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get...

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get...

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.

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...

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...

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...

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....

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

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

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

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....

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...

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 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 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.

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...