In Britain the power of authority was weakened. There was much more individual freedom and there was great academic freedom.

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.

I do think I paid a price as an artist, and I am trying to make up for it now - I work six days a week in the studio, and I've never been happier.

I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

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.

You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them.

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