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

Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place.

The thing that interests me about photography, and why it's different from all other media, is that it's the only medium in which there is even the possibility of an accidental masterpiece.

I don't believe in inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. Some of the time you know you're cooking, and the rest of the time, you just do it.

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

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

I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.