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If I can't change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it.

I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter.

Painting quickly is a calculated act to block out rational thought.

I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.

Art should startle the viewer into thinking about the meaning of life.

The tattoo can only exist as part of the skin, as a drawing always is an incision in the material and therefore cannot be parted from it.

The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies.

The artist has to make the viewer understand that his world is too narrow, he has to open up to new perspectives.