The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is very difficult to hang because it is so large and the quality is very varied. There are 1,200 works, an almost impossible number, some are interesting and some are not.

As an artist you are free to use any image, any style, any idea from any culture and any period of history.

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is very difficult to hang because it is so large and the quality is very varied. There are 1,200 works, an almost impossible number, some are interesting and some are not.

At the Summer Exhibition, I didn't really change anything; it's the same exhibition. All I changed is the presentation. I didn't really change the rules.

In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was great.

For many years I hoped to have an exhibition in China, because of my family connection.

I think from an artist's point of view, everything in art, in fact everything in the world is available as material.