I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.

In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.

I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.

I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that period.

Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers.

My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldnt be able to say anything.