When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he cant cover himself with words, he cant create a wall.

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.

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