The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually.

I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.

I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old.

A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.

I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do.

All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized.