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" A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production. "
Style
Doing
Easy
" A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that. "
Technology
Say
Work
" A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire. "
Word
Like
Electricity
" As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true. "
Artist
More
True
" As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America. "
Island
New
Looks
" At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways. "
You
Thinking
New York
" Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them. "
Someone
Life
Details
" I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind of try to immediately forget. "
Forget
Head
Kind
" If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon as we know it. "
Know
Moon
Would
" I hate zoos. "
Hate
" I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called 'The Package', and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words. "
Children
Book
Words
" I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it. "
About
Something
Snakes
" I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex. "
Sex
Wish
Just
" I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring. "
Average
Enough
Person
" I'm a real workaholic. "
Workaholic
Real
" I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky. "
Am
Think
Spooky
" I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual. "
Kind
You
Books
" I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral. "
I See
Woman
New
" I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work. "
See
Appreciate
Artist
" I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA. "
Think
Washington
I Think
" I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen. "
Think
Small
Work
" I think women are excellent social critics. "
Women
Social
Critics
" It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever? "
Limitations
Good
Like
" It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons. "
Work
Miracle
Crazy
" I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior. "
Avoid
Been
Behavior
" I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it. "
Money
Never
You
" My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people. "
People
Decision-Making
Leave
" My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said. "
Said
Dream
Write
" My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come up with big shows. Every fashion company is doing that, every car company is doing that. "
Questions
Work
Good
" One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show. "
Working
Things
World
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