I've been very lucky being in New York. While there are many things that have impacted my life, I have been able to stay here and do my own work.

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

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.

Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.

I always thought it was a trap to fit into ideologies, and maybe that's a luxury position, but my work is a reflection of my being here. My being here is not a reflection of an idea.

Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.

I love flying buttresses!