When I started teaching in the late 60s, in a time of student revolutions and changes, they changed in question of society and authority.

I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as a period of exceptional creative freedom and adventure, when one was regularly presented with works of art unlike anything one had ever seen before.

There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are people are willing to pay them. The market dominates the art world today because at the moment collectors call the shots. Like everything else that won't last forever.

The internet has extended the possibility of making art to more people, and particularly of enabling it to be seen by others. I am sure the internet is having a profound impact on art, particularly those who have grown up with it, but making good art will remain as difficult (and as easy) as it ever was. Having a lasting impact may become more not less difficult.

When I told people that I was going to paint the big room magenta, many people thought that I was crazy.

I came to painting through sculpture, to images through objects. I think that images sit in the middle, somewhere between objects and words.

If you close the door to the things you feel comfortable with, you will never discover the truth about yourself.