When I graduated from high school, this is in Los Angeles, I was very interested in taking a trip to Mexico to see the archeological sites. So three other people and myself drove down there.

I have found, and most artists are probably this way, that [when] you're working on some kind of idea, the idea makes demands.

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial.

I find great satisfaction in the rigorous structure of the grid, but I like the organic on the grid so that there's a combination of structure and chaos.

I've always been interested in archaeology, I guess ever since junior high or high school.

I have made on occasion posters and things like that for political reasons but not my work.

The cultures of the Americas were extremely complex and interesting, with their own languages and observatories to watch the stars. The more you know about them the more you realize how extremely impressive they were. Bloodthirsty, though, I think they were as well.