When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York.

You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision.

Life changes a lot. I guarantee you.

Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.

Now, it is much more difficult for young people coming to New York. But also when you're young, you have more time to interact with one another, to discover yourself with people of your generation.

I had stopped making figures, and then I began making images of animals in nature, which was a way to introduce the figure.

The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.