Victor Pinchuk

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.

Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.

Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.

In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.

What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy — it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.

Olafur Eliasson is also one of the most visionary artists I've ever met. He is from Denmark and Iceland, and his focus is nothing less than the entire universe.

Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists.

I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.

For me it's very important to turn Kiev into one of the main centers of contemporary art in the world. There is New York. There's London. And there will be Kiev. Everyone will come and say, 'Wow!'

Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.

I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.