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

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

The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.

In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.

The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.

I think we're in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I've not got a crystal ball. I'm not saying I know what the future is at all. In some ways I'm getting quite pessimistic about the future, but in other ways I think it might get better. We are moving into very big changes.

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.