Charles Ray

I've had fantasies in the past of walking across America or some great distance, but it's such a commitment of time that it's stopped me. ”

Boat building is intellectual - everything has a reason. In sculpture, it has a direction. ”

There's something about a toy to a child where the relationship is real, where the kid is playing, and it's just really amazing. ”

I love art, but I've never bought an artwork or even considered it. ”

The Pink Lady' rides the Freudian wave. You know, the big lady, the relationship to mom - those things are obviously part of that piece. ”

Work is rich. It can be looked at psychologically or philosophically or personally. The interpretive nature of work is different than the work itself. The interpretation of work isn't the key to understanding it. I'm worried about making a good sculpture. I'm not so worried about the interpretation of it. ”

I wasn't the class nerd, but I was weird. I could tell long stories and be funny, but I couldn't do sports. And I was always terrified of being held back. ”

I do a lot of thinking about my work while I'm walking. More in the early morning when I'm trekking in the mountains. When I'm walking in the city, I think more about people around me - my brothers, my wife, some business situation, commitments. ”

The social aspect of being an artist has always made me uncomfortable. ”

Sometimes in a sculpture, it's interesting to me what's stylized and what's natural and how those forms interrelate, as they interrelate in ourselves. ”