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 was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.

I had always worked. I always had part-time jobs.

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.

I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won.

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.