If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.

Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.

I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood.

The colour blue - that is my colour - and the colour blue means you have left the drabness of day-to-day reality to be transported into - not a world of fantasy, it’s not a world of fantasy - but a world of freedom where you can say what you like and what you don’t like. This has been expressed forever by the colour blue, which is really sky blue.

My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but they know it is disturbing.

Art is a way of recognizing oneself.

To express your emotions, you have to be very loose and receptive. The unconscious will come to you if you have that gift that artists have. I only know if Im inspired by the results.