Television is completely another medium.

It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.

To control the breathing is to control the mind. With different patterns of breathing, you can fall in love, you can hate someone, you can feel the whole spectrum of feelings just by changing your breathing.

I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.

From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.

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.

When I first had a video camera to document a performance, it was in Sweden and I remember it was really crucial for me.