I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references.

I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences.

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

Our assignment comes with the alignment. Too many people look for the assignment without first finding their alignment.

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.