I think if art has one underlying value, it's that.

The idea of being in the desert is fundamental, but it's totally relative, and it's about that membrane: the way that one defines self versus the environment.

I think it's every artist's nature to want to escape. It's also human nature in a way, depending on your personality, to want to get away from it all.

I think being an artist and taking on those challenges is just how it is for me. Because I was always a foreigner, I was always the outsider.

Sometimes I'm inspired by the material and sometimes there's an idea that speaks to a material.

I think when you're younger and making things, it's something that you have to fight through, to finish things. I feel like I'm past that stage, and I get the appreciation for being in that moment, and soaking it in.

I think there's an interesting line drawn towards extreme environments, and the way I define extreme is through a sense of otherness. Or foreignness.