Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.

Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists.

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.

I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.

I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.

For me it's very important to turn Kiev into one of the main centers of contemporary art in the world. There is New York. There's London. And there will be Kiev. Everyone will come and say, 'Wow!