"It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart."

"For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat."

"The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child."

"Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well."

"I like the idea of accessibility, coming from a lower-middle-class background myself, I feel like beauty and products should be accessible to all women over the world."

"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."

"I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism."

"It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart it being much more sensitive."