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I want to do something that people have not seen before... surprise everyone. There has to be variety in work.

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.

I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.

I don't make things with my hands, although I studied woodworking and made furniture.

I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.

I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture. I doubt that aesthetic literacy has much of a future here.

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.