You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?

I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

When the mouth is closed it looks very voluptuous, beautiful. But when it opens its jaws the tongue inside the mouth is more like a spear... also very suggestive... which penetrates the head with greater velocity, snagging bits of brain. From Beauty to the Beast.

You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.