There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does; that's what counts.

Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.

When you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have exploited it enough now and I wish to take a look at another corner.'

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.

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.

The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.