Look Around At Day-to-day Life For Ideas,

Art In Progress. Mak Has Occupied A Unique And Valuable Space As International Host For Discourse Between The Arts And Architecture.

You Can't Make Anything Authentic By Asking People What They Want Because They Don't Know What They Want. That's What They're Looking At You For.

It's Too Simplistic To Advance The Notion Of The Autonomy Of Art As A Reason For Turning Away From The Public. You Can Have Autonomy And Simultaneously Have Connections With The Social And Political World.

So I Am Totally Aware That When I Defend The Autonomy Of Art I'm Going Counter To My Own Development. It's More An Instinctive Reaction, Meant To Protect The Private Aspect Of The Work, The Part I Am Most Interested In And Which Nowadays Is At Risk In Our Culture.

Scientific Reality Is The Modern Human Condition, And You Can See That In The Symbolic Nature Of My Work.