Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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