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.

The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

The most revolutionary ideas are not sellable, but only mind-changing.

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.

We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.