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

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.

We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.

All my work is much more peaceful than I am.

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 saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. Interest in the land and concern about how we are polluting the air and water of the planet are what make me want to travel back in geologic time-to witness the shaping of the earth before man.

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