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.

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.

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.

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

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

I never see a forest that does not bear a mark or a sign of history.

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