Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.