When I was at art school, a lot of art education is about art being a means of self-expression, and as an 18-year-old I didn't know if I had a huge amount I wanted to express. It was a big moment when I decided I wanted to shift the emphasis or the intention of my art from something I disgorged myself upon and something that actually fed me or made me see the world or understand the world.

Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan.

Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private.

Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.

You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born.

I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by the environment.

When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.