And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words.

There's a kind of poetic aspect to inert gas. And remember, first of all, they were completely unknown a hundred years earlier. We just didn't know about them. And then when they were discovered in the atmosphere, the idea that this is a material that would breathe in and exhale and becomes part of us for a while made it even more intriguing. The names, the Greek names, are interesting, too - if you translate neon, xenon and so forth are kind of interesting.

If somebody gives me a chance to do something, I am going to use that space, that time, that light, that whatever it is and try and work with it.

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

I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.

The drawings that I show - the drawings that I present to people are finished works in themselves. They're meant to be thought of that way and not necessarily lead to larger pieces or anything like that. And that's the way I work now.

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.