“I was my own Peeping Tom. Because of the absence of people I could do anything, and if it wasn't good I could destroy it without damaging myself in the presence of others. In that sense I was my own clay. I formulated myself, I mated with myself, and I gave birth to myself. And my real self was the product - the polaroids.” PeopleIfsRealSelfMy OwnProductsBirthAbsenceTomsClayReal SelfPeepingPolaroids Author:Lucas Samaras
“If an artist does not have an erotic involvement with everything that he sees, he may as well give up. To be a human being may a very messy thing, but to be an artist is something else entirely, because art is religion, art is sex, art is society. Art is everything.” IfsGivingHumansWellsMayDoeArtArtistSexHuman BeingsGiving UpArt IsEroticInvolvementMessy Author:Lucas Samaras