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I Think I've Always Been Afraid Of Painting, Really. Right From The Beginning. All My Paintings Are About Painting Without A Painter. Like A Kind Of Mechanical Form Of Painting. Like Finding Some Imaginary Computer Painter, Or A Robot Who Paints.

For Artists It's A Lot Easier To Make Art In Bad Times Than It Is In Good Times. When You've Got No Money It's Easy To Just Drink Your Way Through It And Make Great Art. But If You're Making Lots Of Money It Can Be Very Problematic.

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 Always Try To Make Everyone Mellow Down, Make Sure Everybody's Happy. The People I Have Employed Have Always Kind Of Stayed With Us. A Lot Of People Who Come To Work For You Are Artists In Their Own Right. And They Want To Work For You Because They Want To Pick Something Up.

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.