I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.

Daily life is both the subject and environment of the work I am making.

For me, it would be very difficult to express an opinion about our times without humor. I don't think you could do that.

I felt like if I was on Facebook, I would probably spend my days looking at people's profiles, seeing what they do, and feeling bad about not working enough.

Basically, art should remain something that is complex, that has many layers, so there's always a possibility to reconsider things and have a different perspective. It's not just an advertisement with one single message that has some authority, political or not.

I'm working on new techniques. I'm trying to find a way to make fresco that can be detached from a wall, and I'm trying to find new people who can help me work on a very large scale in bronze.

In the traditional Ikebana things always have to be asymmetrical, because in this they look more natural and balanced.