Reincarnation Study book, 1982

This book combines the results of surveys of both art world personalities and a second group of distinguished persons from other fields, asking: “If reincarnation were available to you, in what form would you like to return?” Not surprisingly, quite a few people responded that one life is enough, that they don’t believe in reincarnation, or that they’d like to return as themselves (Richard Serra: “I would like to return as a Richard Serra clone”). Others wished for physical improvements in the next life (Julia Child: “Three inches shorter; feet two sizes smaller; flat stomach; capacity to eat all day and not gain a pound; Otherwise okay as is”). Artist Pierre Alechinsky answered: “Anything but being reincarnated as a professor like Donald D. Celender.”