"The government is trying to control everything. They try to control your mind, your thought, your information. They try to control your emotions."

"My work is about the struggle for freedom, for dignity, for human rights, in a society where these values are constantly under threat."

"My detention was not about law, it was about power."

"The refugee crisis is a reflection of our own society, of our own values."

"I think the most important thing for an artist is to be responsible for his own actions, for his own words, for his own thoughts."