Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

It's all right if you don't mind looking at the world from the point of view of a paralyzed Cyclops—for a split second.

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh.

Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.

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

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