So it sort of dawned on me that you have to build into your work the fact that it's going to be shown in different kinds of places and different kinds of light. And the fact that the surroundings and where you're going to be shown is always changing, so that should really not affect the meaning of the work. It should be part of what the work is about.

By being critical, you also develop your own style of what you like, what direction you want to move.

Agnes Martin is a big influence in my work actually, when I first saw her, these fine grids.

I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done.

I really wasn't about to get a Ph.D. in art history, you know, which you'd absolutely needed. And that was not something I wanted. And I loved art history, but not that way.

ne thing you have to develop as an artist is a confidence in what you're doing and that you're right about it.

I always took photographs. I photographed a lot of trees, by the way, which is another image I used often in my work, the tree image.