A commission is an invitation to fall in love.

Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.

The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.

In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.