 At the press conference in Hamburg , I was asked if Michael , Eve and Lucifer were historical figures of the past and I answered that they exist now , for example Lucifer in New York . In my work , I have defined Lucifer as the cosmic spirit of rebellion , of anarchy . He uses his high degree of intelligence to destroy creation . He does not know love . After further questions about the events in America , I said that such a plan appeared to be Lucifer 's greatest work of art . Of course I used the designation " work of art " to mean the work of destruction personified in Lucifer . In the context of my other comments this was unequivocal . ( Stockhausen 2001a ) 
