Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.
As a human being, I am a citizen, but as an artist, I am asocial.
There is no communication with any public whatsoever. The artist can ask no question, and he makes no statement; he offers no information, and his work cannot be used. It is the end product which counts.
The idea of changing or improving the world is alien to me and seems ludicrous. Society functions, and always has, without the artist. No artist has ever changed anything for better or worse.
I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious.
When Michael Werner saw a painting of mine, such as Die grosse Nacht im Eimer, which back then nobody wanted and everybody thought was ridiculous, he realized that this was the right provocation, that it represented the feeling of the times in the right way.
Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art.
Probably we never fully credit the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the affairs of their own kind.
Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young. " - Cara
My generation is under-entertained.
Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.