In my early work I didn't use much colour. I had no confidence about how I could do this.

In the late 70's I started to make drawings of the ordinary objects I had been using in my work. Initially I wanted them to be ready-made drawings of the kind of common objects I had always used in my work. I was surprised to discover I couldn't find the simple, neutral drawings I had assumed existed, so I started to make them myself.

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

Often people do not properly value things that they are good at naturally because they find them too easy. That is very problematic.

My great grandmother was Chinese .

For example, in England, we teach about Expressionism, but it is not the same in England as it is in Germany, because Expressionism is more important in the history of German art. So although it is the same history, the emphasis is different.

The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself.