I think people are quite surprised that the handwriting I use in my drawings and paintings is my own handwriting. They're slightly shocked when I write them a letter.
David ShrigleyI never sat down and decided to make work about life and death. It just all comes out of my head like water pouring out of a jug.
David ShrigleyI'm not pretending to be somebody who's got really limited craft skills. I just am a person who's got really limited craft skills.
David ShrigleyI guess I just always want to surprise myself and say something that I'm not really quite sure where it came from, and it sort of makes sense and has a kind of profundity to it. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.
David Shrigley