I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

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

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do.

Drawing takes time. A line has time in it

It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here until I painted them.

I can see that cinema seems to be finished. Everybody has a bigger screen at home. I'm assuming eventually you won't need a screen at all - these iPhones will just project.