If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I want to sit at the table.

Often culture gets stuck in static, traditional narratives. Contemporary ideas give culture elasticity, flexibility, which is always a breath of fresh air. But these ideas shouldn't only be for people who can afford to go to a museum or a symposium in the "better part of town."

If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I want to sit at the table.

The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.

My art practice is very detail-, labor- intensive and I think that that's a way of slowing myself down so that I can hear myself think. That quieter voice has sometimes the more interesting idea, if I can get to it.

A Scorpio, it's just about peeling back the layers. And I'm always surprised at myself-there's a lot under there.

For me, the '80s were like the drawing by Botticelli of the nine rings of hell.