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.

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.

I'm as much interested in the form-making as well as getting you to think about what we're doing to the world around us.

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

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.

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