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

I also wanted remembering the past relevant to the present. Some people wanted me to put the names in alphabetical order. I wanted them in chronological order so that a veteran could find his time within the panel. It's like a thread of life.

The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.

Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.

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.

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

war is not just a victory or loss ... People die.