Painting Is So Poetic, While

A Lot Of People Thought I Wasn't Doing Anything Because I Was Spending A Lot Of Time Socialising And Going Out, But I've Always Managed To Get Work Actually Done.

I Was Taught To Confront Things You Can't Avoid. Death Is One Of Those Things. To Live In A Society Where You're Trying Not To Look At It Is Stupid Because Looking At Death Throws Us Back Into Life With More Vigour And Energy. The Fact That Flowers Don't Last For Ever Makes Them Beautiful.

When I Used To Do Abstract Paintings At School, Like Everyone Else, The Tutor Said These Would Make Great Curtains. I Would Always Neglect The Formal Stuff That Was Going On By Using Colour, Because Colour Kind Of Came Naturally To Me.

I Wanted A Shark That's Big Enough To Eat You, And In A Large Enough Amount Of Liquid So That You Could Imagine You Were In There With It.

But I Could Never Make A Judgement That Something Was Obscene.