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• I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search…
• As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they…
• History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.
• When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No…
• I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.
• Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
• The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I…
• Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.
• Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.
• As an artist you have to find something that deeply interests you. It's not enough to make art that is about art,…
• What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the…
• Art is difficult. Its not entertainment.

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