Television Is Completely Another Medium.

The Function Of The Artist In A Disturbed Society Is To Give Awareness Of The Universe, To Ask The Right Questions, And To Elevate The Mind.

From The Very Early Stage When I Started Doing Performance Art In The '70s, The General Attitude - Not Just Me, But Also My Colleagues - Was That There Should Not Be Any Documentation, That The Performance Itself Is Artwork And There Should Be No Documentation.

That's Something That I'm Trying To Do In My Work, To Send A Message To Western People. They're The Ones Who Are Completely Disconnected.

I Had A Very Difficult Relationship With My Mother. She Used To Wake Me Up In The Middle Of The Night If I Wasn't Sleeping Straight And Was Messing Up The Sheets. Now When I Stay In Hotels I Sleep So Straight They Don't Even Think I've Used The Bed.

When I Did "seven Easy Pieces," I Actually Re-performed The Performances Of Other Artists. It Was Such Difficult Work Because I Had To Really Go Through The Documentation, Look Through The Sources, To Ask The Witnesses Who Saw It.