I dont want to create a monster; I want to make something which is new, exceptional, something that only I do...something that references tradition, but is still new.

Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art.

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

I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious.

An object painted upside down is suitable for painting because it is unsuitable as an object.

There's a market for art, and things are indeed going swimmingly, especially for German artists. But everything takes place in America and in London, where there are quite a few wealthy, engaged people. What motivates them to buy art is a different question, but they do.

I would say for everyday I build buildings or houses like a bricklayer with canvas and paint.