We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public.

I always give the analogy of the Earth at Night picture, of 7.3 billion of us, right? And everyone says, "Well, that's population." Well, if you took the entire world's population and you lived at the density of Manhattan proper - not a bad place to live - how much space do 7.3 billion people take up? The state of Colorado. At which point I end my lectures, because I want you to be thinking ... is this really a question of population, or is this a question of land use and resource consumption? And let's face it, the top 1.3 billion of us are doing all the damage. Sorry.

You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art.

For the most part things never get built the way they were drawn.