We Will Die, But Art Will Remain.

Only An Extraordinary Person Can Turn Opportunity Into Reality.

Our Government Declared That It Is Conducting Some Kind Of Great Reforms. In Reality, No Real Reforms Were Begun And No One At Any Point Has Declared A Coherent Programme.

Freedom! To Fill People's Mailboxes, Eyes, Ears And Brains With Commercial Rubbish Against Their Will, Television Programs That Are Impossible To Watch With A Sense Of Coherence. Freedom! To Force Information On People, Taking No Account Of Their Right Not To Accept It Or Their Right Of Peace Of Mind. Freedom! To Spit In The Eyes And Souls Of Passersby With Advertisements.

I Think The Gap Between The Rich And The Poor Is A Dangerous Phenomenon In Russia And It Needs The Attention Of The State. The Only Reasonable Way To Correct The Situation Today Is Not To Go After Big Businesses, But To Give Breathing Room To Medium And Small Businesses. That Means Protecting Citizens And Small Entrepreneurs From Arbitrary Rule And From Corruption. It Means Investing The Revenues From The National Natural Resources Into The National Infrastructure, Education And Health Care. And We Must Learn To Do So Without Shameful Theft And Embezzlement.

The Task Of The Artist Is To Sense More Keenly Than Others The Harmony Of The World, The Beauty And The Outrage Of What Man Has Done To It, And Poignantly To Let People Know.