I went to the flea market in the morning and charged tourists money to take pictures of me. I looked pretty wild, with hair down to my waist, Indian robes, a floor-length fur coat. There must be lots of photos of me out there.

I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it.

Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.

Sometimes I smoked opium. And I also took LSD - for a while, quite a lot of LSD, in fact. But I never had any bad experiences. I stopped in 1985. I'd had enough, and I don't miss it, either.

One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

I lived on a houseboat in Amsterdam for a year. It was intense, and it's possible that I even had a few blackouts.

For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative things.