Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can't even finish my second apple pie.

I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!

There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.

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

Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas every day, we read novels by the millions, and buy records by the billions. 'We the people' affect the making and quality of most of our culture, but not our art.

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 are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.