Franz West (1947-2012)

'It is well-known that the Greek sculptors said they were like an extension of the tool that was working on the material. In other words, in their opinion nothing comes about by will. I think it is a bit like that in my case too. One is, so to speak, the handmaid of the requirements. If the finished sculpture demands this thing and that, if red should be there, blue there, running paint there, one is only a handmaid for the finished sculpture' F. West.