I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident.

I do not like to be unkind.

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.