Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art - it's very restricted. 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 am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.

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

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.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art.

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