Art is nothing abstract, theoretical. We cannot detach it or set it apart. Art must live, and I want to be the intermediary of life.
Source, in full
Quote in an interview by Sven Mueller, published in 'Das kunstvolle Leben des Bildhauers: Lubo Kristek', Collage: Zeitschrift für Literatur und Grafik 3, p. 33. Translated in Kristek Thaya Glyptotheque, Barbora Putova; RICA, Brno, 2018.