I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions.

I thought I might have to give up art, but I couldn't think of anything else to do.

In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.

And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone.

My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are our capacity for cruelty and the ability people have to ignore situations they don't like.

In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then try to find the most efficient way to get what I want, whether it's making a drawing or a sculpture, or casting plaster or whatever.