+ I may seem to be passionately concerned with the 'hows' of representation, how you actually represent rather than 'what' or 'why'. But to me this is inevitable. The 'how' has a great effect on what we see. To say that 'what we see' is more important than 'how we see it' is to think that 'how' has been settled and fixed. When you realize this is not the case, you realize that 'how' often affects 'what' we see.

+ All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?

+ Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that.

+ There comes a point where you see it all as completely empty being a popular artist to the extent that people who are not necessarily interested in art know about things or take some little interest. I think that now for me it's a burden. It's a bit hard to deal with and it wastes time as well.

+ The pictures on the walls aren't like movies. They don't move, they don't talk, and they'll last longer. They will last longer.

+ When you're very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom, it's quite exciting, and you're prepared to do anything.