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.

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

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

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

I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.