quality to myself, but I definitely got the aspiration for it. This is what makes writing a definitive reflection about myself as an architect and artist so hard - the understanding that there cannot be anything definitive about it.

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What does it have to do with architecture and my other art? I like that mentioned quote because for me it emphasises the ambition for at least a basic understanding of everything. I strive for that. And even though my achievements on this front are, without any doubt, extremely limited, I feel that it allows me to at least partially grasp the complexity of context and different relations behind many projects. No matter whether it would be architecture or another piece of art. I am sceptical about individuality, even though I probably strive for it. I would guess that my or anyone's individual actions, their creations, their art are more like manifestations of complex collective relations of society than simply a random ego cry. Trying to understand those relations and how they manifest in the built environment or art, how those manifestations later affect the relations behind new creations - that is the great challenge of an artist. However, the great mission of an artist is to manipulate this process.

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If I say that manipulating social change is a fate of an artist, it becomes important to answer in what way. I think every artist would have their own personal view on this matter. In my art, I strive to foster social progress and beauty.

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At the same time, architecture and art in general are products of social relations and have a great effect on their reproduction. I believe that art can not only reflect on changes, but also initiate them by creating an environment for them to happen. Therefore, I strive to keep some level of utopia in my works, understanding the role of visions of the future in inspiring today`s changes.

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Another objective of mine is beauty. I understand the apparent banality of it. That quality is almost universally discarded as the most subjective and unexplainable; therefore, talks about it are often avoided as unproductive. But at the same time, it is extremely intuitive. In the time of commodification of everything, I appreciate the beauty for the sake of beauty, complexity for the sake of complexity. In the creation of, at first glance, useless things, in spending your labour unproductively only for the sake of some meditation, I see great value. I often like to think about old, pre-capitalist, less commodified times. I like to think about medieval books and their design, about excessively decorated Gothic cathedrals, about uncomfortable historical clothing from all around the world - all those things were manifestations of the human spirit, of unproductive celebration of life. I strive for that. I want more than mere efficiency. I want hedonistic excessiveness. I strive for freedom of joy without reason.