Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.

People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.

I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.