Every man is a plastic artist who must determine things for himself.

Art is not there simply to be understood. ... It is more the sense of an indication or suggestion.

Money has to undergo a metamorphosis again, it has to relinquish its role in the market economy and engage in an economy of capacities. Then we would be concerned with human creative productivity. And we would come full circle, since each human being can then act within his company as co-creator of the future, can - in full dignity - contribute to shaping this future.

So when I appear as a kind of shamanistic figure, or allude to it, I do it to stress my belief in other priorities and the need to come up with a completely different plan for working with substances. For instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.

Where would I have ended up if I had been intelligent?

I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.

Art for me is the science of freedom.