Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. It's more evident now.

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

I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.