It takes a long time to make it simple.

If we are to change our world view, images have to change.

I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever.

I do believe that painting can change the world.

About shadows: do we see shadows? Loads of people don't. A camera will notice a shadow, but how many people have got a shadow in front of them when they take a picture and don't notice it, and then they see it in the photograph because the photograph will catch the shadow.

I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close.

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.