"Der Lieblingsmaler meiner Kindheit war Surikow. An seinen Bildern gefielen mir vor allem der kompositiorische Aufbau und die Farben, auch wenn mir das damals noch nicht so bewußt war. ###>"When I was a child, my favorite artist was Surikov. I particularly liked the composition of his paintings and his use of colour. However, at that time I still wasn't aware of this.