Photographs have a relevance for things that cannot be said.

It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent a city creates a sort of safe haven for its users, so that people feel confident that the city works on their behalf.

Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.

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

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.

If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that week with my family, I routinely choose my family.

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