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

Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it must be looked at by somebody, and any true and real depiction must be an account of the experience of that looking.

And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh.

I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

I feel 30. [Publo] Picasso said he always felt 30. Well, I do.

There's no-one up there in Northern Norway, food's terrible, but it's very, very beautiful to look at, if you've got eyes, and enjoy looking.