Under the Occupation, we in Nantes were denied access to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It was therefore not until after the War was over that I saw the sea for the first time, in the vicinity of St Nazaire. It was there that I discovered the bunkers.

Now all we have to do to enter the realm of art is to take a car.

I believe that the politics of intervention and the Kosovo war prompted a fresh resumption of the arms race worldwide.

How can we live if there is no more here and everything is now?

Digital messages and images matter less than their instantaneous delivery; the shock effect always wins out over the consideration of the informational content.

Cyberspace is an accident of the real. Virtual reality is the accident of reality itself.

As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed.