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.

You always need a bit of low-tech.You always need a pair of scissors, it seems to me. You can do better things.... The high-tech, somehow, you do have to combine it with low-tech things.

I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.

You must plan to be spontaneous.

Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away.

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want.