Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way.

Waterlilies always come in Buddhist sculpture. The Buddhas all stand on lotus pedestals, because the lotus is grown from the mud. The mud represents the stained world, a dirty world, but growing from the dirt is such a beautiful, pure thing. This is the way the spirit should be.

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

[Takashi] Murakami, do you think he is spiritual? He is more like de-spiritualized. De-spiritualized might be the most contemporary aspect of the human mind.

I try to never be satisfied; this way I will always be challenging my spirit.

Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness.

Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way.