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've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington.

I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture.

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.

Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.

I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking.