I am personally happy for artists to make as much money as they can while they can to carry them through the times when they can't.
Michael Craig-MartinIn 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.
Michael Craig-MartinI look at the character of the exhibition and I treat it as I would a painting or an installation. When I did the Summer Exhibition at Royal Academy, I did it exactly as I would when making a new work.
Michael Craig-MartinIf I did not love the things that I do, how could I spend my life doing this? You have to invest what you spend your life doing with pleasure.
Michael Craig-Martin