Olafur Eliasson is also one of the most visionary artists I've ever met. He is from Denmark and Iceland, and his focus is nothing less than the entire universe.

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

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

My pipe business I created from scratch; my media assets and bank I bought from the secondary market.

In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.

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

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!