My first influence obviously was Picasso.

I've always been a bit flip.

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city.

People want security in this insecure world.

It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.

I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.