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.

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

When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

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.

Buying art is not understanding art.

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.