The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I make my own books to find my way through the old stories.

I am of the opinion that there are artists and non-artists. I think that this is the way it always was and always will be. I do not believe that we are in the center of the world. It is possible that there are gods who do not relate to human. As an artist, I believe that it is possible to depict these forces.

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.

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.

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

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.