In drawing, I often think of things as flying buttresses.

It was a very economically depressed time [the 80s] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively dilapidated, and one could live on a pretty low income. One could live well below the poverty line and not suffer immensely.

The miracle of being able to pay attention to other people in your life, and the miracle of being in time, and to continue being in time.

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.

One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives.

I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I like things that are labor-intensive : you make a little thing and another little thing and another little thing, and eventually you see a possibility.