For me, it would be very difficult to express an opinion about our times without humor. I don't think you could do that.

I think my work is about the different strategies man has invented to deal with desire, frustration, fear of death, exhaustion. It's very much about life on earth.

Art has to maintain as large a space for interpretation as possible, and to protect itself from being too narrow.

In a way, the political cartoon drawings are things that are small and have humor and a childhood aesthetic and are often stronger to spread an opinion.

Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers?

I think art must be the place where you are protected from the logic of the outside world.

Baroque sculpture and interior design has a quality of creating an environment that seems organic because it's full of curves and details, like a forest.

I'm interested in making works for museums in a way that make the space feel domestic, and I'm always thinking about how this work will be part of someone's daily life.

I want to experiment with new techniques and become a "traditional baroque artist."

I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.

I'm working on new techniques. I'm trying to find a way to make fresco that can be detached from a wall, and I'm trying to find new people who can help me work on a very large scale in bronze.

Be naive and curious. That's all you need to become a scientist.

We will be stronger, if we love each other.

Drooling over an African figure that I could never have, I feasted my eyes uponthe swaying mounds of my fellow African sisters.

Your positive impact on the generations to come will be directly related to the ministry you have in that little place called home.

Objects are made to be completed by the human mind.

Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.

I actually have a little routine I do before every shoot. I put a face mask on before bed and make sure I go to sleep early. Then, I get up early and make myself breakfast and get in a workout.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

Each new book is a tremendous challenge.