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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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I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.
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Everybody is always satisfied with what I do.
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I didn't make videos for a long time because I hated the look of TV sets.
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I'm fortunate in one respect that I don't have a lot of work in my studio. Most of it's out, gone either sold or in galleries. I work with a lot of galleries.
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I went to Our Lady of Mercy, parochial school and I started Fordham Prep, but that only lasted about a year and then I - to me, it was like going to some kind of concentration camp. I was not very happy. And I only went there because that's where my brother went, really.
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Words are objects of a color and a size and a form and a shape.
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If you are operating in a certain way and you are thinking in a certain direction, suddenly opportunities arise. And if you are open to it, if you are not locked into your style too much or to what you think works.
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I don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth.
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Whatever came out came out. That was it. That's what you live with. If you don't like it, that's your problem.
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I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the collectors that are possessive, not me, not me.
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I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels hard to say why. If something looks good, I take a picture or try to shoot it.
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I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really.
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