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

I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity.

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it.

I'm convinced that technology and art go together - and always have, for centuries.

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

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.