I believe in empty spaces they're the most wonderful thing.

I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

Buying art is not understanding art.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning of something new, you can do something with them.

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.

History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

Love is not about staring at each other, but staring off in the same direction.

I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

I've seen so many period pieces in my life, I really enjoy them so much, a lot of my favorite movies are period pieces.

I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.

The things that inspire people to think are what keeps a film alive.

With the White Sox, when we do stuff, everybody's opinion is asked for, is given and then decisions are made on just about everything.

I don't need headlines. For me, it's the truth that matters.

I could fully express myself in lacrosse.

Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.

Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.