"It has an indescribable appeal for me to use this proximity to optical reality to make the objects and people that surround us all
and to reflect unobtrusively - without the polemics of the day - on becoming and passing away. I believe
Despite all the "accuracy", I believe in leaving enough mystery to give the viewer the opportunity for their own intentions - in whatever direction. My aesthetic attitude, which becomes apparent in the drawings and paintings, can be confidently understood as a bow to the "ancients", whose mastery should remain exemplary - even or especially at a time when we are about to surrender ourselves unconditionally to technology..." Dietrich Wenzel