Mads Holger is a very special man I knew and worked with. As I sat wondering yesterday about some of the bigger issues on my mind, I remembered a few wise words he said to me back in 2010.
“Artists are like Marco Polo,” he said, “they go to China and bring home fireworks and calligraphy. Sometimes they stay too long in China. When they return to Italy, they speak only Chinese. People think they are crazy, that they are not good artists. Other artists have never been outside of Italy. They speak Italian fluently; everyone understands what they say. However, they don’t bring home the fireworks”.