I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon.

I don't think I ever had a swollen head: I remember where I come from.

You need a big ego to be an artist.

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.

The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.