I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

As a child, our house had a backyard lined with roses tended vigilantly by my mother. So the fragrance fills me with nostalgia for my youth.

I'm constantly making exhibitions in my head.

I can't live with art: I'd spend too much time tweaking it.

I resist the temptation to curate my apartment.

...it always felt good to have that moment of resolve, like saying, "I'm gonna learn French!" It doesn't matter if you do it or not, deciding is the high, right?

I would tell 17-year-olds to be proud of who you are. Don't try to change yourself for others. Focus on school and your future. Boys and friends will come and go, just focus on you and your future.

The main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specialization

If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will abolish us from the earth.

All you have to do is mate.

To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

Intellect is a fire; rash and pitiless it melts this wonderful bone-house which is called man. Genius even, as it is the greatestgood, is the greatest harm.

I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

Most people are afraid to trust their imaginations and the artist is not.

There's always stress involved in any genre or art form, there's always going to be a struggle. If there's no struggle, you wouldn't do anything. What are you going do? Retire?