I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in - like peace and justice and freedom.

If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.

If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.

All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore.