You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable.
Peter DoigIt's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.
Peter DoigAs an artist, you are aware there is this strange money market out there, but you have no sense of how it works.
Peter DoigIf you are someone like Jeff Koons, and you have to work out how to make a big chrome heart or something, then there are lots of people and a big production involved. The money is more natural somehow. For me, I am just on my own in the studio, trying to make things work. One thing is sure: it doesn't make painting any easier.
Peter Doig