I'm thinking about the end of civilization. We may not keep growing like we are now. There must be an end of civilization. That's what I did as a show at the Palais de Tokyo, the 33 scenarios of how this civilization ends.

It's pre-photography, a fossilization of time, Americans have done the Zen garden to death. I wanted to do something different.

Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind.

Life is one passage and then you keep moving into another state.

The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece.

I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.

I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist."