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

My great grandmother was Chinese .

There is no doubt when one comes from the West to China one understands pop art as having originally developed as part of Western tradition. There is a historical development, in which things find resonance in different places.

It's just that some things more important for this and less important for that, and this is true regardless the style of the art.

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.

The internet has extended the possibility of making art to more people, and particularly of enabling it to be seen by others. I am sure the internet is having a profound impact on art, particularly those who have grown up with it, but making good art will remain as difficult (and as easy) as it ever was. Having a lasting impact may become more not less difficult.

I 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.