2010
2009
T h e o
J a n s e n
Why
did
you
decide
to
quit
your
studies
of
Physics
and
what
have
you
found
in
art
that
science
couldn’t
give
you? Well,
during
my
studies
I
was
already
painting,
I
loved
to
paint
and
draw
in
those
years
and
it
was
the
time
of
hippies,
so
I
was
distracted
of
my
studies
a
bit
and
there
were
happening
so
many
nice
things
in
the
world.
I
didn’t
really
see
myself
working
as
engineer
in
the
institute
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and
I
didn’t
like
the
atmosphere
there
either.
But
I
was
already
exhibiting
my
paintings
before
I
ended
my
studies
and
I
got
a
bit
of
success
in
that.
I
had
a
job
as
a
part
time
students
assistant
at
the
university,
so
I
could
paint
and
work,
I
had
my
living
and
that’s
what
I
did. What
do
you
remember
the
most
from
your
hippie
days?
I
w o
tohe
Isle
of
Wight
Festival
in
England,
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was
Leonard
Cohen,
Jimi
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We
were
supposed
to
smoke
pots
(but
I
didn’t
smoke
much)
so
we
were
really
getting
keen
on
getting
some
hashish
there.
We
found
a
dealer,
he
sold
us
a
block
of
hashish,
we
smoked
it,
but
didn’t
feel
anything.
We
realized
he
sold
us
a
piece
of
cow
shit. Where
did
these
interests
come
from?
Were
your
parents
artists,
did
they
have
any
influence
on
your
works?
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My
father
was
a
farmer
and
I
have
ten
brothers
and
sisters.
We
are
really
a
good
catholic
family.
They
all
do
‘normal’
things,
I’m
the
only
one.
Well
my
grandfather
used
to
make
copies
of
paintings
as
a
hobby,
I
think
there’s
a
connection
between
me
and
him. Do
you
find
yourself
a
genius
as
you’re
doing
something
new
and
original? 30 c z w a or f
t m e ine,
k
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then
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w s rote
day ś /
w In
r f
act
I
weas
always
a
very
bad
student.
I
remember
that
the
teacher
an
essay
for
the
homework,
took
it
out
as
an
example
of
how
you
should
not
write. But
you
wrote
a
book
... Yes,
that
came
later,
I
was
asked
to
write
a
column
for
the
newspaper.
After
the
UFO
project
they
thought
‘this
man
must
be
able
to
write’
and
it
turned
out
that
I
could
write
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and
I
had
this
column
for
22
years,
lots
of
people
enjoyed
it
and
in
fact
The
Strandbeests
started
as
a
column
in
the
newspaper.
Then
people
started
saying
to
me
that
I’m
a
genius
and
when
they
keep
on
saying
it
to
you,
you
start
to
believe
it.
As
soon
as
you
believe
you’re
a
genius
you
become
one.
So
it
all
went
the
right
way. Could
you
tell
us
something
more
about
your
book
“ The
Great
Pretender”?
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While
making
these
animals
I
got
ideas
about
evolution,
the
roots
of
life
and
how
it
all
happened.
I
have
a
lot
of
stories
in
there
with
making
comparisons
with
real
evolution
and
my
evolution
on
the
beach
and
also
thoughts
about
how
the
human
world
is
working.
I
also
included
my
column
stories
from
the
newspaper
to
give
some
air
between
serious
stuff.
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