First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason for that was that I could control all the steps.

Fifty years ago, the spoken word reigned, but during the last fifty years, the power has gone over to pictures.

It will probably take several more generations before the female body can be considered a stand-in for the human body.

The main reason for civilization is that life is more comfortable. In a way, houses are there to protect us from rain, cold, and heat; cars are there to overcome distances. Culture is the exception. Music, art, and all of the different cultural expressions are not going in that direction. They're not about comfort; they're about understanding each other.

The smaller the group, the more trial and error and experimenting you can do. I do a lot of garbage.

Sexuality, eroticism and desire are important for all of us. But that is also the contradiction. How can we speak about pictures and, for example, say no to this way of representing a woman's body? It's also a camera-and-object problem, of who is really guiding the camera.

It's impossible for artists to accept compliments.