I begin by imagining an artwork verbally. I try to describe in writing what the project is, what it is trying to do. I need to understand the artwork without giving it a specific materiality or solid form.

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.

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.

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.

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.