In April 2008, the artist was quoted in The Art Newspaper as saying:" I want to display a person dying naturally in peace or somebody who has just died" and "My aim is to show the beauty of death".
Im April 2008 wurde der Künstler in The Art Newspaper mit den Worten zitiert: „I want to display a person dying naturally in the piece or somebody who has just died“ sowie: „My aim is to show the beauty of death“.