"The major threats to survival that our ancestors faced - predators, starvation, disease - left their mark on our fears and anxieties."

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

I paint the light that is reflected, not the light that is received.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

We don't just make furniture; we create the backdrop for life's most important moments.

我画的每一条线都是一个道德决定。