If we're being told to do stupid or cruel things, then it is morally correct to disobey.

I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular public art, is always an assertion of our humanity and our strength.

I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.

When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey.

Never fall for someone with a body to diet for.

If the great Western experiment fails and we end up living in totalitarian war-on-terrorism states, one day someone's going to say, 'Well democracy doesn't work because they had to give it up'.

Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.