We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact.

Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves. Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.

Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do.. making life flow more easily.. but art confronts life, allowing it to stop and perhaps change direction.. they are completely different.

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.

It is as much the conversations between objects as between us and objects that make museums so valuable.

It is a depressing business talking to journalist.