When I was in college, it was Jacques Derrida. Everyone was dropping quotes. I remember thinking that was important - and I don't say that it's not now - but we're just living our lives. I don't have time to think about that.

I don't look at a lot of design. I try to stay focused on making sculptural art pieces and somehow translating them into design.

Sometimes I think you just have to trust that the things you're doing make sense, instead of sitting down and analyzing this and that and, Well, I read Paul-Michel Foucault saying... The world and the universe have a way of resolving themselves eloquently, I think, if you're doing the right things.

When people ask me now about why I make art, I think that's what I'm seeking - a moment of transcendence with a piece. Because otherwise you're just in the hustle, you're trying to pay your bills, to do this and that, and then there's that unique moment, when you're not thinking about the market, or if it's going to sell, and all of that bullshit.

I've loosened up over the years about materials. I started off working for Matthew Barney, and that's what his mentality is. Even while we were making pieces, like a mold, the mold would make sense conceptually with the piece. That's how deep his symbology goes. I've loosened up over the years because I very much had that mentality.