I’ve always been concerned with my sculpture. The drawings I do at night at home to relax. And for a long time, I just gave them to friends or my wife and didn’t really show them. Charles Ray Read Quote
The homeless person or the schizophrenic person talking to themselves are disassociated from their immediate environment. They’re off in a fantasy, and it’s very similar to what happens on a cell phone. Charles Ray Read Quote
I do a lot of thinking about my work while I’m walking. More in the early morning when I’m trekking in the mountains. When I’m walking in the city, I think more about people around me – my brothers, my wife, some business situation, commitments. Charles Ray Read Quote
I’ve had fantasies in the past of walking across America or some great distance, but it’s such a commitment of time that it’s stopped me. Charles Ray Read Quote
I wasn’t the class nerd, but I was weird. I could tell long stories and be funny, but I couldn’t do sports. And I was always terrified of being held back. Charles Ray Read Quote
Being in a room full of my art makes me incredibly nervous because the work always gets damaged when it’s shown, and I hate my openings. Charles Ray Read Quote
The Pink Lady’ rides the Freudian wave. You know, the big lady, the relationship to mom – those things are obviously part of that piece. Charles Ray Read Quote
