I never thought, "I'm going to be an artist". When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made it a point to say, 'I am a dilettante, I am not a professional artist", which is true.

Beatles was 20th-century folksong in the framework of capitalism; they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework.

When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.

People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.

When you are feeling bad, do one thing a day to make your heart dance. It could be a simple thing like looking up at the sky.

The boats outside the window were always still I wondered if one of them would take me to the ocean.

Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.