You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

To fly we have to have resistance.

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.

I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character.

Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.