I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So far I've found there aren't any. I just wanted to be stopped, and no one will stop me.

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do the most unbelievable things.

Never let money get in the way of an idea

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

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.

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 believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.