(Stan) had come east and we met at a spaghetti restaurant on 42nd Street and we were so poor we had to split one bowl between the three of us and one cigarette between the three of us. |
I take the position that I do not ask anyone else to do what I myself would not do and using myself as subject . . . as material (I) want to displace the power and separation of the artist from what's made. In the masculine tradition the director, the producer is always outside of the work because he's above it. |
The art audience is very receptive to what I do. It's a mutual influence. |