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

My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.

You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.

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

Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.