History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos.

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.

When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else.

I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth.