We Must Create Our Own World.

[good Taste] Is A Nineteenth-century Concept. And Good Taste Has Never Really Been Defined. The Effort Of Projecting 'good Taste' Is So Studied That It Offends Me. No, I Prefer To Negate That. We Have To Put A Period To So-called Good Taste.

My Mother Was Very Sympathetic. She Was The One Who Really Gave Me The Courage To Take My Freedom.

It Gave Me Great Pleasure To Think That I Could Take Wood, Make It Good, And Make People Like Rockefeller Buy It With Paper Money.

Another Thing About Creation Is That Every Day It Is Like It Gave Birth, And It's Always Kind Of An Innocent And Refreshing. So It's Always Virginal To Me, And It's Always A Surprise. ... Each Piece Seems To Have A Life Of Its Own. Every Little Piece Or Every Big Piece That I Make Becomes A Very Living Thing To Me, Very Living. I Could Make A Million Pieces; The Next Piece Gives Me A Whole New Thing. It Is A New Center. Life Is Total At That Particular Time. And That's Why It's Right. That Reaffirms My Life.

I've Been So Lonely For Long Periods Of My Life That If A Rat Walked In I Would Have Welcomed It.