The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother.

My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.

It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture.

It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.

I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood.

If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.

If you are resentful, you keep the thing alive. So the way to go on is to get rid of it, in order to forgive in order to forget.