“The rainbow flag is beautiful because it's about love. The Confederate...” — Gilbert Baker Quote

The rainbow flag is beautiful because it's about love. The Confederate flag is ugly because it's about hate. It's pretty simple from the art level: beautiful versus ugly.

Once I was finally liberated from my Kansas background, the first thing I did was get a sewing machine, because it's 1972, and I have to look like Mick Jagger and David Bowie every single second. Taffeta jumpsuits.

A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function.

Flags are about proclaiming power... that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.