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

My new work deals with emptying my body: 'Boat emptying, stream entering.' This means that you have to empty the body/boat to the point where you can really be connected with the fields of energy around you. I think that men and women in our Western culture are completely disconnected from that energy, and in my new work I want to make this connection possible.

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

Western culture has more need because they're so much more degenerated. They're so much more hurt, and misbalanced completely.

Talking about performance is such a strange thing because it's so immaterial. We are talking about soft matter. We are talking about something that is invisible. You can't see it. You can't touch it. You just can feel it.

We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging.

An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.