"Writing without making mistakes is like vomiting hot air."
"Pure painting or the art of drawing whose point of departure is based on purely formal criteria is,in my opinion,passé. I do not reject it if other artists make attempts,but as far as I am concerned,this is what I believe. if I do not place a text next to my drawings,I consider the work on such programmes to be futile."
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Source: Nervous Stillness on the Horizon. Book editing by Monika Faber, 2005.
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