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

You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.

I can see that cinema seems to be finished. Everybody has a bigger screen at home. I'm assuming eventually you won't need a screen at all - these iPhones will just project.

Movie actors disappear - any young person wouldn't know Cary Grant. They're going to disappear. Fifty years ago, you thought film was here to stay. But nothing is here to stay, actually - except perhaps paintings and drawings.

I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.

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

Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.