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

In my old age, I'll be in L.A.

The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a sense when people 'come out' it's quite an exciting moment. It means they become aware of their desires, and can deal with them in a remarkably honest way.

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

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?

Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.