I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.

I believe that access to electricity and light can radically improve people‚ lives.

I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the art market is complex. Sadly we have a situation where auction houses and secondary market dealers are creating a lot of confusion and unnecessary pollution.

There are 1.3 billion people today who have no access to electricity. Many of them rely on kerosene lanterns for light, but kerosene is both expensive and hazardous to the health.

I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin.

I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.

I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality.