All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities.

Far more interesting than problem solving is problem creation.

I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

I'm not by nature a terribly intuitive person; I need to build a situation in which I will behave more intuitively, and that has really changed the life of my work - I found a way to trick myself into being intuitive.

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.