When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.

I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good art piece or a bad art piece? Of course, if you're female, you're maybe dealing with different issues.

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible. The more I think about energy, the simpler my art becomes, because it is just about pure presence.

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.

I had some great times doing competitions, but I have always been more into making movies because making movies is more about art and expressing yourself in a creative way.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.