Prints mimic what we are as humans: we are all the same and yet every one is different. I think there's a spiritual power in repetition, a devotional….

It's fun, in a way, to explore what's risky in one's life..

In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening t….

I certainly am one of those people who is incredibly privileged to have an art career, which happened out of luck. Then luck kept happening. Besides ….

I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world..

You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because whe….

In drawing, I often think of things as flying buttresses..

Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened..

I told the students [at Yale] we were going to talk about love - I meant love in the sense of devotions to one's work - and about half the students g….

When you get older, you're running out of time. You care more about trying to stay on the planet a little longer, so you can learn how to draw better!.

I really love printmaking. It’s like a mystery and you’re trying to figure out how to rein it in..

I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too..

It's just disgusting that in this society, the majority of students in art school are women, but they amount to less than 30% of what is shown in mus….

Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown..

I'm reminded of the arm, and the body, and the appendage..

Source of inspiration. The MAK is a museum that has had a profound effect on me as an artist and art viewer..

My work life makes much less sense now than 20 years ago. It's Humpty-Dumpty-like in a way; I can't put the pieces back together..

I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images of animals. The patte….

The hardest thing is remembering that you have some complicity in the things that happen to you in your life..

Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something..

The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something..