What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos.

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

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

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

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.

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 believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.