There were a series of moments when I decided that art was important, and it was an important vehicle for me to express my interest in spaces.
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Art was always for me an escape and a way to relate to the world around me.
What interests me most is when a work of art is no longer just an object, but also touches reality and life.
But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.
It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place.
One of the reasons that art is important to me is sometimes it actually feels more coherent than life. It orders the chaos.
Art was a way for me to express myself and for me to also escape because it was tough growing up as a child. We didn't have a lot of money. I was always creating. I was writing stories. I was doing comic books. I made my own universe.
The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life.
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
Art is the objectification of feeling.
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
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