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Art class was my thing, but not any other class.

I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.

It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.

Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.

The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.

I've always been interested in moments of disbelief ... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.

A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.

All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.

I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'