Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age.

I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage.

[To be an artist,] this desire to conquer all with images.

My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater production of 'Tom Thumb' during Advent at the State Theater in Danzig, which my mother took me to see.

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in.

On sorrow floats laughter.

Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings.