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.

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

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.

We always think of our own profit, but not in connection to others.

If you're a baker, making bread, you're a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you're not an artist, but if you bake the bread in the gallery, you're an artist. So the context makes the difference.

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

Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.