The value of art is its ability to look into the "world of oblivion" and to find things that are generally unrecognized, forgotten, invisible and impossible to tell.

Even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were entertainers. In that way, I am an entertainer and want to make art that is fun.

"Art is the ability to turn one's gaze to the world of oblivion." This is the way in which I understand art at fundamental level.

Art is basically entertainment.

By putting a border line between life and death, we separate the world of death from our world of life, casting the dead away into the "world of oblivion".

To think about "oblivion" is to think about "what art is".

The artists could be dead, but some of them are not so distant from us, and make us feel as if they are alive with us. Such artists are worth calling "contemporary artists".

I think it is important to be aware that the Internet has replaced the television, and has become a place where the uniformity of human society is accelerated.

When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a border between living artists and dead artists.

Of course, the process of curating is different from art making. Exhibition-making is a process that involves collaboration with various participating artists.

I put priority on such artists who focus on the world of "oblivion" and who consider placing themselves into the world of "oblivion" as fundamental to their attitude for their expression.

Dreams are glimpses into life’s truths.

Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

I always just get excited about the character. When something rings true for me, then I'm ready to do it.

If you quit every time things don't go your way, then you'll be quitting all through your life.

We Jews regard our race as superior to all humanity, and look forward, not to its ultimate union with other races, but to its triumph over them.

When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.'

The atheist must abandon his defensive positions, take up the cudgels and go forward, rather than into the retreat of apathy.

To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.