“I quit painting very early. I just jumped ship. In a way, the window is the tragic possibility - you can jump out into your future. That kind of action is more like a direction. It's that same thinking that brought me to New York.” ThinkingKindActionPossibilityPaintingWindowQuittingTragicOur FutureI Quit Author:Tehching Hsieh
“Now, a lot of people look for answers in spirituality or different texts, but for me this is life. This is what life is: the passage of time. It's not about how to pass the time, but about the acceptance of the time passing. I know people think of my work as spiritual, but really it's just that I consume time. That's all.” PeopleThinkingDifferentSpiritualSpiritualityAcceptanceTime PassingTime PassesPassage Of Time Author:Tehching Hsieh
“For me, I make a schedule and I pass the time. I don't think about the transformation. When my schedule says I'm finished on this day, I put it in the past and go toward my future.” ThinkingPastTransformationThis DayMy Future Author:Tehching Hsieh
“I know I am a human being. I can give myself to one year for a project. That is why I say I'm primitive in the way I work, especially compared to most artists. I came to New York in 1974, knowing that it is the art center of the world. But I didn't go to find people for my work. I do the work, and the people come to me, and I learn from them. That has always been my approach - to do the job first and then to respond to it after I finish and learn what people think about it. That's how I develop, and I'm more of an outsider in that way.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingArtArtistPrimitiveOutsiders Author:Tehching Hsieh