Sometimes, when I've been staring too hard, I've noticed that I could see the circumference of my own eye.

I have a timetable, but no routine.

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement

Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter

It is the only point of getting up every morning: to paint, to make something good, to make something even better than before, not to give up, to compete, to be ambitious.