I think my parents - my parents were very hands-off, quite liberal in terms of their - they really - they did encourage me, but they never really pushed me into anything, really.

The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important.

I always thought there was a - even in the most, quote, "conceptual art," there is always a physical aspect to it. I never knew what the term meant.

Any artwork is part of something larger, grander and, you know, the situation that it's in is very important.

I like contrasting between black and white and color.

I loved music. Music was a big thing and so I started collecting records. I had a large collection of jazz records and that was something else I used to listen to. At night, there was a - what the heck was his name? There was a famous - Jazzbo Collins, I used to listen to at night, and some other guys.

Even though you're reading something, it's as though that person who wrote it is speaking to you. It's a form of conversation, really.