I never heard the term "art world" until I was in my thirties, and I was like, "What are you guys talking about?" It's the world, and we all live in the world!

I'll finish a body of work and think, "Okay, I got nothing. That was it. I'm done." And then you'll turn a corner and be like, "Oh my God!" And it keeps happening. I feel so lucky.

I don't quite understand how a generation and a half after the Second World War we've gotten where we are now.

Progress is always an exchange. We gain something, we give something else up. I'm interested in looking at some of what we are losing.

The career has to support the making and can offer a platform, can offer you a voice in the world. And that's an incredible thing. But it's complicated and seductive and weird and tricky. I think you have to keep figuring that out your whole life.

There's a lot of psychological material that you inherit from your family.

I don't think any of us thought Donald Trump could get this far.