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

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

I think the best approach is not to be too much like the thing that they are referring to, see it as a guide.

In my early work I didn't use much colour. I had no confidence about how I could do this.

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

The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself.

I have been using the computer as a work aid since the mid-90's. It is extraordinarily well suited to how I think and work and has transformed my practice. Nearly everything I have done in the past 15 years would have been impossible without it. I use the computer for drawing, composing and colour planning everything, from postage stamps to paintings to architectural-scale installations.