I like getting stuff out of the way so you can see something clearly, see it sharply, have it be new again.

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 really loved music and went to a lot of clubs to see bands and dance. I loved going out.

I like getting stuff out of the way so you can see something clearly, see it sharply, have it be new again.

I think making things that appear simple is incredibly hard.

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.

I grew up in Harlem, but I moved to the Lower East Side when I was a teenager and it was ... I feel like when I try to describe it, it doesn't sound believable. It just sounds like you're lying. And I see it on the faces of my younger friends.