I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.

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

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

Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.

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.

In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.

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!