You are what you are because your parents made love at that exact moment, and if they made love one second after you would be different.

The science about life is very optimistic. Every second, four people in the world die, and six are born. This is optimistic.

We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience trauma, you can speak about it in so many different ways. You can speak about landscape, you can speak about your food; it's always different. Trauma is the beginning of life as an artist.

There are very few times in creation in your life. One time is when you become an adult, one time is when your parents die, and the other time is when you are very old.

I think that all human activity is stupid. Artistic activity is also stupid, but you can see it more clearly.

Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt

You are what you are because your parents made love at that exact moment, and if they made love one second after you would be different. The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you - you've killed them in a way. Is it destiny? Was it written somewhere that this was to be your life? Is it useful that you are here? Or is it simply by chance?