Romanticism is not just about being in a fixed state of endless beauty, because you can't live like that or live on that, that's what I've learnt.

Romanticism is not just about being in a fixed state of endless beauty, because you can't live like that or live on that, that's what I've learnt.

I think everybody can be beautiful. Anybody can have beauty. It's about how you look at the world, in a way, and how you treat yourself.

Theres something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. Thats something I wanted in my paintings.

You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.

The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different.

I lived in London for a time in the '90s and I love it here. You know, I just go and see shows and have great dinners and walk around.