As an artist, I have been a risk-taker. And I've done a lot of different things. I don't make it easy for people. Identification is difficult. One doesn't recognize my art right away.

In a place like the Guggenheim, I would like to be a representative of arte povera. This would be my ideal.

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

Spending money on art has always been frowned upon in this country - even earlier, when my and others' paintings cost almost nothing. Something is always more important. The people in charge are always peddling reasons that others seem to accept. Those who don't drink and aren't crazy, or who don't attract attention with how they behave in public, aren't noticed in art.

As a human being, I am a citizen, but as an artist, I am asocial.

I have always had the feeling that other people are too stupid to discover interesting things. That's why I do it myself. I think of collecting as a way to show that I understand what's important better than others do.

A painter doesn't need any talent. In fact, it's better not to have it.