I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

Every child should have a chance to feel special.

Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don't have the answers. And if you don't have the answers, your solution will more likely be personal because no one else's solutions will seem appropriate. You'll have to come up with your own.

I build a painting by putting little marks together-some look like hot dogs, some like doughnuts.

I discovered about 150 dots is the minimum number of dots to make a specific recognizable person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won't be able to give much information about who it is.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.