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

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington.

As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

We don't all see the same way at all. Even if I'm sitting looking at you, there is always the memory of you as well. And a memory is now. So someone who's never met you before is seeing a different person. That's bound to be the case. We all see something different. I assume most people don't look very hard at anything.

As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.