Claes Oldenburg

A life cycle can be imposed on an object. An object can be very energetic and active, and then it has a dying phase and a phase of decomposition.

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

We have to base architecture on the environment.