It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure...ther e is always, everywhere, an enormous amount of suffering. But I believe my duty as an artist is to overcome and alleviate the sterility of despair...New ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling... I do believe that painting can change the world.

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

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

I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography. It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole. Now, how much reality can there be in that?

Anything simple always interests me.