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"I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough."

"I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain."

"Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles."

"Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section."

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."
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"You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition."

"Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid."

"In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures."

"You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art."

"My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight."

"I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class."

"The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning."

"The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical."
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