I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be.

I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

It's nice to see your name in print. It's interesting.

I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious.

My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced they may have been by other people, even my earliest paintings were recognisably my own.

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.

I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be.