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.

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

If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.

I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.

It is better to have a tender than harden human heart.

People think that fun in Christ is non-existent, but there is fun wherever your heart lives.

Libraries are full of ghosts, books being the most haunted things of all.

The biggest battles you face in love are the battle to know your worth and the battle to know when your boundaries need to be protected.

I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.

I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. ... That can keep me awake for days.

Human dignity should be without borders.

For an actress who really hasn't gotten to act for two years, it was like letting a wild dog out of its cage.

Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.