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.

OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.

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.

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

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

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

My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight.