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

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.

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.

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

I'm not moving from an ideological standpoint. Sometimes I'm trying to make my life better. Sometimes I'm trying to make my life worse! I'm trying to find a happy medium that I can make some sense of.

I think a lot of making art is listening to yourself.

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.