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The elemental world we all live in is the darkness of the body.

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

The very first lead work that I made is called 'Land Sea and Air,' and is the enclosure of primal elements within that kind of carapace of lead.

I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they're as much part of our history as the rural barn.

Our appearance belongs to others, we live in the darkness of the body-part of all darkness but felt.

It is as much the conversations between objects as between us and objects that make museums so valuable.

Art is not about understanding, it's about experience.

I just want my work to be part of the elemental world.

We're not on a journey to a goal, the goal is with us changing with us.

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.

I want to start where language ends.

It is a depressing business talking to journalist.

The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.

Public money should be spent on art but through individuals not committees.

Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.

I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.

I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.