One of the reasons I work with technology the way I do is that I can really be assured that the vision I have from the outset is what will be at the end. And that that vision isn't altered through the process.

I realised that people respond to banal things. They don't accept their own history, not participating in acceptance within their own being.

I would think that to people like my father, and the people of his generation, Popeye is like a male priapist. So if you think in ancient terms, he would have a harem, a symbol of male energy.

I think art teaches us how to feel, what our parameters can be, what sensations can be like; it makes you more engaged with life.

Once you trust in yourself, you automatically want to go outside of yourself.

I try to make pieces that are durable. One of the reasons that I work in steel is durability.

I try to educate people about materialism through my work. I try to show them real visual luxury.

For me, art really starts with acceptance, self trust. Wherever you come to with art, it's perfect. You don't have to come with anything. What you bring to something is the art. That's where it's found. It's found within you.

Feelings are at the basis of all ideas. First you have feelings, and then, through those sensations, it develops into ideas.

It's not about finding relevance or perfection or imperfection in objects, but it's that you can accept yourself and then go out and accept others.