The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear in half and the seed of an apple in half in put those two halves together and planted the seed, hoping a very strange tree might grow. And I never stopped.

I often wish my mother had died so that at least I could get some people's sympathy. But there she was, a perfectly beautiful mother.

Art is a way of survival.

Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.

In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?