The soul will always do what it needs to do.

I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.

There are things going on in galleries recently that have shocked me. What I'm going to say is really controversial, but what I find the most provocative is the commerciality of art in general. And the fact that a lot of people have forgotten what the meaning of art is and what the intention behind it is.

I've always said if I could own one piece it would be Vermeer's The Love Letter, and if I could put it anywhere it would be in a David Chipperfield building. I'm almost there with the building - Chipperfield is building a new house for me in London. The Vermeer is a long way off.

I don't ask for an apology because it's only tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.

For me, being an artist with a high profile is a good thing for art.

Art is like a lover whom you run away from but who comes back and picks you up.