I want my soldiers - I mean artists - to be young and strong, with tireless energy performing impossible feats of cunning and bravura.

I don't have a philosophy in a nutshell; I would go on and on too much.

I asked someone once why he liked Jean-Michel's work and why it was being singled out for acclaim, and he said, 'Because it looks like art.' But then again, art doesn't always look like art at first. The way the space shuttle that lifts off doesn't much resemble the space shuttle as it lands.

I pledge allegiance to the living, and I will defend art from history. I will rescue art from the future, from its attrition into taste, and from the speculative notion that it will become more valuable with time.

L’impossible, nous ne l’atteignons pas, mais il nous sert de lanterne. 

Performers try harder.