I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.

Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

I thought using three cameras was a lot better than one, because you could see where you were going, where you'd been, and all kinds of things - more like life. I think photography has colored our vision. We're now in an area where it might break something. I think this is a time. I feel it. I don't know whether I'll be here long enough to experience it. I've no plans to leave yet.

If we are to change our world view, images have to change.

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.