Strong line quality, composition and form are more crucial although even this is loosely done.

Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don't remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.

I don't normally watch myself on the telly.

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.

I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.