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

I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.

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.

People from the village come up and tease me: 'We hear you've started drawing on your telephone.' And I tell them, 'Well, no, actually, it's just that occasionally I speak on my sketch pad,'

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

I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.

You must plan to be spontaneous.