If you try to copy something exactly you won't get it correct, because you don't share the same tradition and context.

You can't force yourself to be something you are not.

There was something really wonderful about being able to feel confident about doing my first exhibition in China, that people would have no trouble recognising the images and understanding my work. I also have a lot of freedom in the way I use colour, and I think that kind of freedom in colour is also understandable in every culture.

If you were really interested in being creative in teaching, it was possible to try new methods and that was really what we did in Goldsmiths - we used the freedom of the time.

I think that cultural influence is very deep, it is not on the surface and this is true in every culture.

I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary.

I've taken away everything I could think of, and yet what remains is enough. These days many more people come to my work, and once they see my work they will always recognize it.