"I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I’m a messenger."

"The media, the galleries, the collectors – it's all very chaotic actually. The artworld doesn't have this defined cor…"

"My work will use everything that it can to communicate. It will use any trick; it'll do anything — absolutely anythin…"

"Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class. The upper class wants people to have ambition and gumpt…"

"The basic story line (in my new work) is about art leaving the realm of the artist, when the artist loses control of …"

"I’m basically the idea person. I’m not physically involved in the production. I don’t have the neces-sary abilities, …"

"I'm trying to go through moral crisis myself to the highest degree that I can, to remove moral crisis from the visual…"

"I’ve always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing …"

"All the thought which in the course of my studies I have been able to give to the subject has led me to conclude that…"

"With the political opposition well in hand, they went after the religious groups. Now I should like to make it very c…"