Art maybe the only space where an indvidual can be utterly free to question himself, as well as his relationship to his God

I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all.

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

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.

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.

Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.

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