I think about women and their thoughts and ideas, and I suppose when I'm painting them I'm getting to be them, in a sense. That is why I plainly paint women.

I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes and all of that.

I'm a terrible photographer.I'm not being modest. My photos really are crap. But in a way, the more the photo is crap, the better to paint from.

I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed.

I'm almost weeping when I'm painting my daughter. I've been thinking she won't be little for much longer.

I'm interested in the sheer fascination of beauty - beauty is fascinating.

I go everywhere by boat. I don't fly. It makes me feel really immobile but great.