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 point of art is that it always has the necessity to expand because people are inherently expanding.

My support system is simple - people and time. The miracle of other people in your life.

Things that are very significant and important to you when constructing an identity when you're younger change.

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.

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

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.