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

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

Art is difficult. Its not entertainment.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.

As an artist you have to find something that deeply interests you. It's not enough to make art that is about art, to look at Matisse and Picasso and say, how can I paint like them? You have to be obsessed by something that can't come out in any other way, then the other things - the skill and technique - will follow.

Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art - it's very restricted. When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not. Buying art is not understanding art.