I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.

For me it's very important to turn Kiev into one of the main centers of contemporary art in the world. There is New York. There's London. And there will be Kiev. Everyone will come and say, 'Wow!

What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.

Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.

I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.

Olafur Eliasson is also one of the most visionary artists I've ever met. He is from Denmark and Iceland, and his focus is nothing less than the entire universe.

In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.

I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.

Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.

My wifey is my lifey.

You don’t influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader.

Joseph went from prison to prime minister from trials to triumph, from scar-weary to stardom

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.

Dreams sometimes foretell the future.

The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib.

The best way to keep money in perspective is to have some.

The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.

Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.

I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how we fit in. I don't even want to fit in.