I have got an iPad, what a joy! Van Gogh would have loved it, and he could have written his letters on it as well.

I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.

I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.

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

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era.

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.

And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh.