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

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

I was always interested in photography because it makes a picture.

I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually.

Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want. The idea of the rigid style seemed to me then something you needn't concern yourself with, it would trap you.

I do believe that painting can change the world.

In one gallery they actually had a notice which said No Sketching. How obnoxious! I said, How do you think these things got on the walls if there was no sketching?