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" So many a time, I would find myself stuck in my studio while, in another country, my exhibitions were opening and I was being celebrated. "

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" Often, there's an emphasis in my work, and it's sort of the celebrating of the body. "

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" Born Free is an idea that came from a place of deep respect for the delicate cycle of life. How incredible to be able to work with gifted designers who, as mothers, recognize what the devastating loss of a child could mean and how easily that loss can be avoided. "

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" We have to redefine what we mean when we say, 'Who are your people?' 'Where are you from?' "

" I do all I can to make my world a better place to live in for me and for my kids as well. "

" I am fascinated by these ocean-grown folks. On the coast, there's all this cross-pollination of ideas. Someone thinks they saw something. One person's madness is reiterated by another, and a story is born. The rumour becomes a substitute for news. "

" I feel like I've spent a lot of time imagining home and thinking about a dream-like place, as opposed to a real place, because that's not what I was able to do, meaning go home or be home. "

" I believe art is a connection, like passing on a flame. "

" For me, collages manage to - it satisfies all of my madness, like I'm able to make these obsessive things, but then I'm also able to make these very strong statements. I don't know what they mean to other people, but in my mind, they have a very strong particular resonance; there's sort of a power. "

" I am inspired and affected by Aspen, the light and the landscape and the natural world. "

" Some people get turned on by my work, and it sells, but what drives me is the process of making it. "

" I'm big into multifunctional clothing. "

" Our interest is in showing that homophobia is not part of the agenda for a new Africa. "

" There are ways to speak that can transform things, which has less to do with authority but is more about resourcefulness and ingenuity. "

" I have this amateur side attraction to, and interest in, the sciences and biology and physics and evolution. Paleontology is of interest to me. I'm interested in the way these fields have helped us understand how we are human and why we are human. "

" One of the things I'm interested in is not just women but the female qualities that are present in everyone. "

" 'Misguided Little Unforgivable Hierarchies' is a piece that I did around the time that I was very frustrated and angry with the fact that the U.S., where I live, had decided to pull itself into another war. I was really angry. "

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" I juxtapose and slice up reality and fiction quite easily. I'm aware that it is up for grabs and a powerful tool to explain how we take control. "

" Beautiful things can happen when you act intuitively and instinctively in a moment of anxiety and do something radical. "

" I think there is something about countries and nations that is hard to define. And, in fact, that's probably why we create such massive boundaries - because it's so slippery where they begin and where they end. "

" If I don't have an ability to go the places that I have been invited to show at and to speak at and to feature my talent, well then, I am going to stay here in New York City and work my butt off. "

" I love magazines because they're so dispensable, and they're so quickly consumed. In that way, they're quite honest. They're unashamed about how small an amount of time they're trying to keep our attention. "