I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.

I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.

I remember one little rainy day I went searching for this apartment and I saw so many people standing on a stoop on the corner in the rain. Later I realized, that was drug traffic. They were all buying drugs.

Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?

As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.

In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.