As soon as you step into the water, you are part of the food chain; you're part of the wilderness. That's why… — Charles Ray Food Copy Share Image
I've made a lifelong attempt to involve myself deeper and deeper in my medium. — Charles Ray Attempt Copy Share Image
Sculpture and seams are like boxers and broken noses: They go hand in hand. — Charles Ray Broken Copy Share Image
Boat building is intellectual - everything has a reason. In sculpture, it has a direction. — Charles Ray Boat Copy Share Image
Being in a room full of my art makes me incredibly nervous because the work always gets damaged when it's shown, and… — Charles Ray Always Copy Share Image
I love art, but I've never bought an artwork or even considered it. — Charles Ray Art Copy Share Image
I've had fantasies in the past of walking across America or some great distance, but it's such a commitment of time that… — Charles Ray Commitment Copy Share Image
“Art is the bridge across the gap between peoples and cultures. Writing is one of the arts that can help link people.” — Charles Ray Art Copy Share Image
I've always been concerned with my sculpture. The drawings I do at night at home to relax. And for a long time,… — Charles Ray Home Copy Share Image
I do a lot of thinking about my work while I'm walking. More in the early morning when I'm trekking in the… — Charles Ray Business Copy Share Image
Sometimes in a sculpture, it's interesting to me what's stylized and what's natural and how those forms interrelate, as they interrelate in… — Charles Ray How Copy Share Image
There are parts of us we stylize and present to the world. And there are parts of us that we don't stylize… — Charles Ray Between Copy Share Image
Work is rich. It can be looked at psychologically or philosophically or personally. The interpretive nature of work is different than the… — Charles Ray Good Copy Share Image
I wasn't the class nerd, but I was weird. I could tell long stories and be funny, but I couldn't do sports.… — Charles Ray Always Copy Share Image
'The Pink Lady' rides the Freudian wave. You know, the big lady, the relationship to mom - those things are obviously part… — Charles Ray Big Copy Share Image
My dad bought us boats. I think he thought sailing was a wholesome way to spend time. — Charles Ray Dad Copy Share Image
The social aspect of being an artist has always made me uncomfortable. — Charles Ray Always Copy Share Image
The homeless person or the schizophrenic person talking to themselves are disassociated from their immediate environment. They're off in a fantasy, and… — Charles Ray Cell phone Copy Share Image
There's something about a toy to a child where the relationship is real, where the kid is playing, and it's just really… — Charles Ray Amazing Copy Share Image
