Do you also love old architecture?

It's very painful that so much great architecture has been lost in Germany, even through demolition after the war (Cologne Opera House). Germany has the advantage of being home to so many different styles. I love beautiful women, beautiful landscapes, but also beautiful architecture. Personally, I find the old styles very beautiful – from half-timbering…

Do you find it crazy how quickly everything developed from 1900 to 1950 and then, from 1950 to 2010, HUGE PROGRESS?

Before 1950, carriages were still more popular, there were still steamships, etc. Then everything happened relatively quickly. Cars took on modern forms. Computers appeared, films became more modern, CGi came into play, photos were no longer gray, the first modern smartphone came in 2007, etc.

Would you say that we are not much freer than the serfs in the Middle Ages?

Sure, they had fewer rights on paper, but in most aspects of life they were their own masters. They could organize their work themselves, and so on. The only condition was that they made enough money in the end. Nowadays, most people are part of a kind of machine; they live to work and work…