I was often the only white girl in the Indian dance class. That felt funny, but doing Indian dance was great.

From day one, my idea was always to use the gallery as this animated place to discover culture in a much bigger way.

I think what art is always doing is making us see the world so differently, and I don't mean just colors and light, but re-thinking relationships, spatial relationships, psychological relationships ... those who gravitate to the art world actually want to be puzzled.

I was often the only white girl in the Indian dance class. That felt funny, but doing Indian dance was great.

I had met American artists and just couldn't believe their energy. London was always such a struggle to get anything going.

It was very interesting growing up in South Africa then. It was extraordinary. It was multiculturalism before it became an issue.

My father was a doctor. He was just a great guy, a gentle humanist, and an old-fashioned GP. He'd get up at three in the morning to see patients in different areas if they needed him.