Beauty and seriousness are perhaps the most shocking tactics left to artists these days.

I'm concerned with not ever being fashionable.

I always say to people if you want to see what Britain looks like, watch Gogglebox. It's brilliant and funny and warm and clever.

Beauty and seriousness are perhaps the most shocking tactics left to artists these days.

If you want to be successful in the art world you've got to look to the art world; you don't make it for the bloke next door and then hope the art world is going to look at it. That's one of the big mistakes people make.

To appreciate art you’ve got to work at it a bit.

Desmond Morris says that men make better artists because they are greater risk-takers; on the other hand, he thinks that women are better organisers and diplomats and more suited to become politicians.