I'm very interested in how we read things, especially the link between seeing two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, because of how I read.

A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been.

I absolutely hate technology, and I'm computer illiterate, and I never use any labor-saving devices although I'm not convinced that a computer is a labor-saving device.

I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.

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

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.