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.

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

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.

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.

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

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