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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 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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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 always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art.
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I work sometimes with dealers and sometimes people just come to me. A lot of the commissions, they just know me. They have seen something and they just approach me.
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I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.
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So I never had trouble getting work or working or doing - I always worked. I worked when I went to college. I worked after school.
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The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important.
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Words have very potent meanings and people read them and they react to them personally. They are very suggestive in terms of your life and things like that.
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I consider drawings finished works of art, first of all. However, the ideas can be something that can be developed into something larger. I don't make so many drawings anymore since I'm working with language. I used to make more when I worked with sculptural things, especially the wire pieces.
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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 try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.
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I like challenge. I like to be put into a situation which I haven't done before. Something new presents itself and I see if I can somehow finagle it into making a work of art out of it.
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My videos rarely run longer than 20 minutes. They're made for private viewing in your home or specifically either that or for a gallery situation where you sit and look.
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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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People ask me why I use words and the reason, of course, is that words talk to you. I mean, they're something that are generated inside of you and that you can relate to you.
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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 wanted my style to be very recognizable.
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The first place I try to go when I have free time is the museums. I'm a big museum person.
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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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I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done.
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