I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.
Baroque sculpture and interior design has a quality of creating an environment that seems organic because it's full of curves and details, like a forest.
Religion is in every aspect of art, when it's not baroque.
I want to experiment with new techniques and become a "traditional baroque artist. "
Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers?
I think my work is about the different strategies man has invented to deal with desire, frustration, fear of death, exhaustion. It's very much about life on earth.
Art has to maintain as large a space for interpretation as possible, and to protect itself from being too narrow.
Wherever I go in the world, when I see devotees, I always say "Hare Krishna!" to them, and they're always pleased to see me. It's a nice relationship. Whether they really know me personally or not, they feel they know me. And they do, really.
Life is in the living. Love is in the giving.
I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They seemed a bit extreme but I regarded myself as not quite ready.
The Queen is the ultimate dictator.