Sometimes we look at a work of art and we immediately think that it is German art, but with some we don't, it's not so obvious.

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

In the studio, it took me a long time to work out how to make paintings that had the intensity that I was able to create by painting whole rooms. There is a very limited number of colours but there are many variations. I decided to use the purest palette that I could.

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.

The viewer brings all additional information to the image.

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

My idea for every exhibition is we should be able to see every individual work without being distracted by the others, and it doesn't matter if it's quite crowded.