I don't like the idea of nationalism, but on the other hand, I do see that there is a difference between British art, German art and Chinese art. This is because of the history, because each country has different history and each country reads and teaches that history differently.

When I look at the objects that I draw, it seems to me so obvious about the contemporary world - these are our world.

I think from an artist's point of view, everything in art, in fact everything in the world is available as material.

You can see in my paintings, I've taken away the context, I've taken away the shadows, I've taken away expression, I've taken away the personal, and yet so much remains!

I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.

You can take things from the past, from the culture, from the immediate past and things that have not yet entered the culture, so they have no history yet. You can create your own context.

If I did not love the things that I do, how could I spend my life doing this? You have to invest what you spend your life doing with pleasure.