"[Petit maître (Small Master)] is a desire to place myself materially in relation to the history of art. I would like art history to remember my name as a singularity. Because it's an – almost inaccessible – goal which allows me to play. It's a tease. It's also an important thing... for the history of art.

Trying to inscribe myself into the history of art, while the approach is a questioning of judgment, trying to get mediocrity accepted, it's a goal that can fill my days."

Jacques Lizène in : Que reste-t-il …