Some people have told me they remember the film that one of my images is derived from, but in fact I had no film in mind at all.

My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.

My message for people to not take anything for granted, to respect what they might not understand.

I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

Being able to make a living doing something one truly loves to do - is my definition of success.