The reductive part of it is maybe less important than the additive part because eventually when you take enough stuff away, something is suddenly added by the absence of everything.

The mushroom theory was to keep them in the dark and to feed them a lot of shit... I was the mushroom.

Le cinéma est souvent trop pressé, trop préoccupé de raconter une histoire pour pouvoir vraiment arrêter, freiner, décélérer et se concentrer sur un moment.

The power of being able to come up with new to the world ideas is so intoxicating for people.

Eating alone is no longer a social paradigm, but a chance to disconnect.

It's hard to create moments of disconnection.

Part of being a good artist, or even a good human, is to travel more.

You don't know the things that I've turned down or said no to to pursue this kind of work.

I don't feel like I ever have to doctor my work to fit in or compromise for money or gratitude.

For some people [becoming a great painter] is about selling lots of paintings or fitting into a genre or even training towards that. None of that interests me. I just like making things I like. It's just a coincidence that people even like it.

Behind this facade of minimalism is a mess.

For me, minimalism is a subtractive process.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, "I can't wait to crank out a steaming pile of crap today." And yet it happens.

That's what creativity is—assaulting uncertainty on a daily basis.

As I've been doing art, there's been this process of un-learning design.

Curiosity fuels discovery.

Somewhere in adulthood we begin to shed our childhood curiosity. This is a shame because curiosity fuels discovery.

Minimalism is asking what is important and letting it be just that.

The road to riches is paved in unrelenting hard work.

It's really important to have the freedom to make mistakes and have the opportunity and space to do that.

You have to put the work in to maintain that freedom.

Two years ago, I quit my job and decided to put all my eggs in one basket.

How can we make objects where every piece is essential?

More minimal has the potential to lead to more freedom.

What does one really need to have a good life?