I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

Nature, never, never let's you down, it's not a cliché, nature isn't a cliché, pictures might be, but you can get tired of pictures.

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.

Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said, 'Things don't look like that!'