"As an artist, you have to keep reinventing yourself."

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Source : "The Walker". Interview with Peter Schjeldahl, www.newyorker.com. December 23, 2002.

David Hammons

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“To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly, while the psalm is upon their lips, might even tempt a charitable observer to suspect the fervency of their inward religion.”
“I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window.”
“Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.”
“People fear witches, and burn women.”
“Continued experiment with dog today.”
“And woe succeeds woe.”
“Everybody gets pinched but you did it right. You told them nothing and they got nothing. You learned the two greatest things in life: Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.”
“David Foster Wallace was a brilliant experimentalist who I deeply admire. His ability to do formalism helped me understand how to tackle stories like "Dictionary" and "Failed Revolution." "Dictionary," in particular, functions against narrative in many ways - each of the definitions are their own mini-story or prose poem, and the collection of them adds up to create a different effect than the traditional Freytagian Pyramid story.”

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