I never see a forest that does not bear a mark or a sign of history.

I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.

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

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.

I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven.

As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning of something new, you can do something with them.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.