I recognize that it is through the engagement with my craft - by recognizing an idea and drawing it out, building physical models, collaborating with….

In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is o….

My sculpture thrives in the context of the city, interacting with people in the course of their daily lives..

Advances in technology have opened up possibilities in the cultural realm throughout history. I'm intrigued by developments in technology - as an art….

It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers..

I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong..

The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal..

The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as humans we need it..

My whole career I've been interested by the distinction between an emotional and an intellectual response to an artwork..

You can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble..

In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries..

My monumental netted sculptural environments move through time, animated by an ever-changing 'wind choreography,' making invisible air currents sudde….

When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had no limits in resou….

As a child, I always enjoyed building forts by stringing up bed sheets and clothes. I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including my o….

I pay two full-time assistants in my studio, plus consultants who are architects, engineers, and landscape architects, as well as lighting designers..

I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture is about the way you….

I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven..

When ideas are young and vulnerable, criticism can be lethal..