I also learned that you are affected by your environment, even if you try not to be. Color, light that is, matters because you want to do justice to it and also you get excited by it.
Peter DoigIt's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?
Peter DoigI think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.
Peter Doig