When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.

Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want.

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.

My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.