When I See A New Artist I

Art Is Difficult. It's Not Entertainment. There Are Only A Few People Who Can Say Something About Art - It's Very Restricted. When I See A New Artist I Give Myself A Lot Of Time To Reflect And Decide Whether It's Art Or Not. Buying Art Is Not Understanding Art.

I Am Of The Opinion That There Are Artists And Non-artists. I Think That This Is The Way It Always Was And Always Will Be. I Do Not Believe That We Are In The Center Of The World. It Is Possible That There Are Gods Who Do Not Relate To Human. As An Artist, I Believe That It Is Possible To Depict These Forces.

As An Artist You Have To Find Something That Deeply Interests You. It's Not Enough To Make Art That Is About Art, To Look At Matisse And Picasso And Say, How Can I Paint Like Them? You Have To Be Obsessed By Something That Can't Come Out In Any Other Way, Then The Other Things - The Skill And Technique - Will Follow.

I Grew Up In A Forest. It's Like A Room. It's Protected. Like A Cathedral... It Is A Place Between Heaven And Earth.

Ruins, For Me, Are The Beginning. With The Debris, You Can Construct New Ideas. They Are Symbols Of A Beginning.