Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.
When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York.
Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative. . . I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.
I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I like things that are labor-intensive : you make a little thing and another little thing and another little thing, and eventually you see a possibility.
The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.
You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision.
Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.
In our world photographs of one dead terrorist mastermind carry no real news or information about the nature or horror of war. They just create sensation instead of deeper understanding.
Done right, a performance review is one of the best opportunities to encourage and support high performers and constructively improve your middle- and lower-tier workers.
The paper is patient, but the reader is not.
Commerce is the agency by which the power of choice is obtained.