I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture.

I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.

Time is the great mystery anyway. And it's still the great mystery in the moving picture as well.

The cameras are getting smaller, they're getting more versatile, and eventually, I'm sure you'll have a camera with lots and lots of things on it so you can alter the picture. You could alter perspective.

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.

The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors.