I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.

Never let money get in the way of an idea

When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me.

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.