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… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
Making art is dealing with people on your own terms. The ideal way of using people is using them like clay, but that being out of the question, except for lunatics and leaders, art is a good alternative. — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
You don’t have to say that nature is aware of your existence, that God knows you are here. The camera gives you proof that… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
...I started photographing myself, and found that I could see portions of myself that I had never seen before. Since I face just my… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
At any rate, when I began photographing myself, I could place myself in poses that had not been investigated by other artists. It was… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
If an artist does not have an erotic involvement with everything that he sees, he may as well give up. To be a human… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
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… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
I'm looking back at what I did and how it works. In a sense I'm waiting to see how people will respond. I'm waiting… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
Making art is dealing with people on your own terms. The ideal way of using people is using them like clay, but that being… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
The selfie era offers a big opening: everybody can do it; nowadays even five-year-olds know how to take a nude self-portrait. — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
