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

Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.

Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in the disturbed societies of cities. I think modern technology is one of the worst things human beings have invented.

Television is completely another medium.

With classical ballet you are literally injuring yourself.

If you look at the lives of artists, sitting in nature, painting, having the freedom. I think it's over. I think we're living in such a difficult moment of human development. Artists have more responsibility than ever before.

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.