Maurizio Cattelan — "I want to be misunderstood."

"I think art should be a little bit controversial."

"I like to create a sense of irony."

"Think of the jesters in the courts: they were entrusted with the task of giving bad news to their royal overlords that no one else would dare deliver, and they were heard. That is why I believe that a…"

"Rules are simply obstacles to be jumped like in a horse race, higher and higher every time. Never give an artist like me carte blanche, he would think it's simply toilet paper."

"Humour works like a good work of art does: they are both intended to have you look and think twice."