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You know, there are some people who just don't - that cannot get comfortable behind the wheel of a car and always sort of think they're going to kill somebody.

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And yes, there are things I want to keep, that I like around me - especially when there's very little left. I just want to keep those little bits of reminders of my past. There are certain drawings from the '60s certain little paintings from the '60s that I keep.
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You can never really predict how people are going to react, what they're going to think about, whether they care.
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The big thing is I try not to repeat.
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I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.
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When you present works of art, one thing I've learned is that if you're lucky - [Laughs] - there will be those few people who, shall we say, get it? Really become engaged, become moved by it in their own way. You cannot control what other people are going to think about it.
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How does any idea come to your mind? I don't know.
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I certainly don't believe that people can read other people's minds.
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And style, by the way, is a very important thing. It is like your signature, your handwriting or it is something that you develop that is your way of presenting yourself and also your way of looking at what art - of how to make art.
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I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but I decided I was going to be an artist but I'm really mad for art history and the masters mostly.
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I like contrasting between black and white and color.
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I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You know, I wrote short stories and things like that. And they liked them very much.
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I try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.
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I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done.
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By being critical, you also develop your own style of what you like, what direction you want to move.
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And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words.
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I made films from the - when I was a little kid, my father bought me a movie camera. I just wanted to. I don't know how. You just learn, you just do it. You just do it.
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I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going to sleep.
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The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me.
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The drawings that I show - the drawings that I present to people are finished works in themselves. They're meant to be thought of that way and not necessarily lead to larger pieces or anything like that. And that's the way I work now.
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I never ever approached a dealer. I have always been approached by dealers or curators or whatever.
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