I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

When Lady Gaga says I am her inspiration, you reach kids between 12 and 18. Now I am like a brand - jeans, Coca-Cola.

I didn't give any instruction to the video, because it was a new medium. I didn't know what to tell him; it was so young. I did the piece and immediately after the piece, I wanted to see the material.